Real Estate

"The firm's strength is its ability to navigate complex deals, to think outside of the box and deliver solid solutions for complex problems."
- CHAMBERS USA source

Bilzin Sumberg’s Real Estate attorneys are trusted advisors to a distinguished roster of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to foreign and domestic businesses to entrepreneurs and family offices. We advise in every sector of the real estate industry and every stage of the real estate cycle. Over the past several years, the firm’s practice group has been recognized multiple times as a “Real Estate Group of the Year” by leading legal news publication Law360, an honor received by a select group of firms nationwide that stand out for preeminent work in the sector. We have also won numerous South Florida “Deal of the Year” awards from various industry publications, including Daily Business Review’s Real Estate Transactions award for both 2022 and 2023.

Our lawyers work with clients in the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate, mixed-use, and transit oriented developments (among other asset types), construction and mezzanine financing projects, development and construction, leasing, and real estate-related loan sales and purchases. Bilzin Sumberg also possesses experience in specialized areas that are experiencing growth across Florida, such as condominium redevelopment, which often encompasses the complex process of terminating an existing condominium. We continue to build on our experience and have served as counsel in the acquisition or disposition of numerous real estate and debt portfolios, including numerous transactions valued in excess of $1 billion.

Our long history of engagement in Florida’s volatile real estate market helps us devise creative and practical solutions that inspire our clients’ confidence. We are a go-to law firm for foreign and domestic owners, developers, investors, REITS, private equity funds, lenders, and servicers. Our Real Estate Group has exceptional flexibility in mobilizing multi-disciplinary resources across the Firm on behalf of our clients to successfully negotiate multi-faceted transactions involving many areas of law.

EXPERIENCE

Experience

$4 Billion, 185-Acre Development Solé Mia Miami in North Miami

Representation of Oleta Partners, LLC, a joint venture comprised of affiliates of the LeFrak Organization and Turnberry Associates, in the successful negotiation of the long-term ground lease and complicated leasehold financing for a 185-acre brownfields redevelopment site in the City of North Miami...

Experience

$600 Million in Acquisitions for Adler Controlled Real Estate Funds

Representation of various Adler controlled Real Estate Funds in connection with the acquisition of approximately $600 million of low-rise office and light industrial properties primarily in Florida, Texas, and North Carolina.

Experience

Hotel Operator Acquires Hotel Properties in Florida and Wisconsin

Assisted with the acquisition and financing of three large hotel properties, two in Orlando and one in Milwaukee for operator with approximately $500 million worth of hotel properties. Advised on structuring acquisitions in a tax efficient manner including joint venture agreements and negotiating wi...

Experience

$2 Billion Private-Public Development for the City of Pompano Beach

Successful representation of the City of Pompano Beach and Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency in connection with the negotiation of project development agreements, including a master developmentagreement, purchase and sale agreement, ground leases, and build-to-suit subleases, for the publ...

Experience

$1.3 Billion Loan Modification and Workout Secured

Loan modification and workout involving aggregate senior and mezzanine loan credit facilities exceeding $1.3 billion, secured by major class A office building in New York, NY.

Experience

Structuring Multi-Tiered Senior and Mezzanine Loan Credit Facility

Structuring of multi-tiered senior and mezzanine loan credit facility in an aggregate loan amount in leases assumed of $1 billion, secured by a major office building complex in Manhattan.

INSIGHTS

Development Conference May 15, 2025

Minimizing Environmental Risk in Development

Alex Barshel serves as a speaker for the panel Minimizing Environmental Risk in Development at Bilzin Sumberg’s Development Conference. The session surveys the timely legal and environmental issues affecting real estate development in Florida, and what developers should keep top of mind in pur...

Development Conference May 15, 2025

Minimizing Environmental Risk in Development

Howard Nelson moderates the panel Minimizing Environmental Risk in Development at Bilzin Sumberg’s Development Conference. The session surveys the timely legal and environmental issues affecting real estate development in Florida, and what developers should keep top of mind in pursuing new pro...

Development Conference May 15, 2025

The Florida Condo at a Critical Juncture

Joe Hernandez moderates The Florida Condo at a Critical Juncture panel at Bilzin Sumberg’s Development Conference. Panelists survey the critical issues affecting owners, investors, and developers as they pursue new condo developments and redevelopment projects across the state.

Client Alert May 2, 2025

2025 Florida Live Local Act (SB1730) Passed: Updates and Impacts

Senate Bill 1730 (“SB1730”) was passed by the legislature on May 1, 2025, and will become law on July 1, 2025, unless signed earlier or vetoed by the Governor. SB1730 amends critical portions of the Live Local Act in Fla. Stat. § 125.01055 for counties and 166.04151 for municipaliti...

Client Alert April 22, 2025

Key Considerations for Solar Panel Rooftop Leases

As solar panel rooftop leases gain traction in commercial real estate markets, both landlords and lenders must navigate critical due diligence, lease structuring, and financing risks. Understanding these legal touchpoints is essential to protect long-term property values and avoid costly complicatio...

Client Alert April 7, 2025

2025 Live Local Act - Update to Rent Limits

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (“FHFC”) recently published the 2025 Income Limits and Rent Limits. These figures reflect more than a 9% increase in most jurisdictions’ rent limits applicable to qualifying Live Local Act projects.

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