FIRM:
Shareholder
PRACTICE FOCUS:
Leader, Residential Development Group
EXPERIENCE:
Handles a variety of commercial real estate transactions including shopping centers, self storage facilities, fuel centers and distribution centers.
Involved in both property acquisition and land use approvals for residential development.
Represents diverse clients including developers, national retailers and lenders, in projects that include big box developments, neighborhood shopping centers, street commercial, resort and multifamily residential development. Serves those clients in matters that involve new store development, sale of excess property, and sale and acquisition of properties that are subject to bankruptcy and loan defaults.
Counsels clients on obtaining state and local governmental incentives for development.
Negotiates Leases, Development Agreements, Municipal Improvement Agreements, Co-Developer Agreements, Easement Agreements, Entitlements Agreements, Covenants, Water Rights Agreements, Construction Contracts, Licensing Agreements, Supply Agreements, Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and other Financing Instruments.
Assists with property tax and property management issues.
Works on projects located throughout the U.S.
EDUCATION:
Northwestern University, J.D., 1987
Yale University, B.A., cum laude, 1984
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member, Utah Bar Association
Member, DuPage County Bar Association
Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS:
Acquisition of 50 fuel center sites across the western United States.
Acquisition of 15 self storage facilities in the Midwest.
Acquisition of company owning 19 self storage facilities in California.
Repossession for lender of residential development property in Utah.
Lease of 50,000 sf retail space in Illinois and Michigan.
Lease of 10 acre store site in Southern California.
Acquisition of 10 acre store sites in New Mexico.
Acquisition of 25 acre warehouse site in port authority property in Western Washington State.
Acquisition of 30 acre warehouse site in Mississippi.
Acquisition of 150 acres of property in Northern Illinois for warehouse.
PERSONAL:
Born in Ohio, 1962
Attended high school in New Jersey.
Jim moved west to Utah in 1987 to work for Jones Waldo. He spent five years in the Wasatch Back doing residential real estate development near Park City, Utah. In 2004, he relocated to the Chicago area.
