REAL ESTATE LAW

Goodman & Goodman provides the full range of legal services necessary for the planning, acquisition, financing, and development of commercial and industrial real estate.

Clients have included real estate developers, investors, construction companies, commercial and industrial landlords and tenants, residential subdivision, contractors, architects, corporations, estates, trusts and trustees, and non-profit organizations.

In acquisition and development work, Goodman & Goodman represents investors, developers, and other business and organizations in negotiating, zoning, financing, closing, and construction activities. The firm handles sale and purchase contracts, site and easement acquisitions, project financing negotiations and closings, construction and architectural contracts, management contracts, and leasing arrangements. Lawyers in this area regularly appear before various planning and zoning authorities.

Relative to zoning and land use work, our lawyers handle complex zoning and variance matters across the State of Ohio. In connection with its extensive public law practice, the firm has written zoning resolutions and ordinances for various townships and municipalities.

Services for real estate investors and developers include obtaining title insurance in Ohio. In the area of leasing, the firm represents both tenants and landlords in leasing arrangements for office space, warehouses, shopping centers, and other retail complexes. Services include preparing and negotiating individual leases as well as drafting form leases for residential, retail, office, and industrial landlords.

Lawyers in this area review, draft, and negotiate contracts for a number of real estate clients, including developers, owners, construction companies, and architects. The firm also represents clients in contract dispute resolution through arbitration, mediation, administrative review, and litigation in federal and state courts.

The sophistication of today's commercial and industrial real estate transactions requires a thorough understanding of the interaction among federal and state tax laws and regulations, partnership and real estate law, commercial law, municipal law, financial and security documentation practice, real estate marketable title law and standards.

The firm is also able to handle any real estate-related tax matter, from property revaluations to agriculture use treatment, as well as to negotiate tax abatements as inducements for industrial development or urban redevelopment.