PRACTICE AREAS

Real Estate Acquisition and Sale Transactions. The attorneys of Croudace & Dietrich LLP represent developers, property owners, investors and others in connection with acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate.  Representative transactions include:

• Representation of developers and lenders in connection with the option and/or purchase or sale of shopping centers and/or business parks throughout California and in Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada, with transaction values ranging from $500,000 to $80,000,000.
• Representation of developers in connection with purchase and sale of multi-million dollar office and/or industrial buildings and land for development.
• Representation of major corporation in connection with sale of numerous commercial and industrial properties throughout southern California, with values ranging from $3.5 million to $40 million, many of which properties also involved the remediation of asbestos-containing materials and other hazardous materials.
• Representation of owners in connection with purchase and sale of land for hotel development purposes. 
• Representation of major drug store chain in the purchase of a large photo processing plants in California, involving the remediation of asbestos-containing materials and other hazardous materials.
• Representation of major California hospital in the negotiation and documentation of a long-term ground lease and option to purchase, and in the construction of an ambulatory surgical care center and office building.
• Representation of developers and owners in connection with purchase and sale of regional malls.
• Representation of various entities in connection with acquisition, remediation, development and disposition of environmentally impaired sites in California, including negotiation of indemnity agreements to or from sellers and of pollution legal liability and/or clean-up cost cap policies of insurance. 
• Representation of master developers and merchant builders in preparing and negotiating purchase and sale documentation for large residential tracts, and development of such property. 
• Representation of buyers and sellers in Section 1031 and/or 1033 exchange transactions.
• Representation of NYSE hi-tech company in an acquisition, leaseback and build-to-suit transaction involving Minnesota property for research, development and manufacturing, and the ultimate disposal of same to a major medical research foundation.
• Representation of developers in connection with affordable housing transactions.