Real Estate
Intro
Carter Lemon Camerons has full indepth expertise in commercial real estate transactions from developments of commercial and residential real estate, acquisitions and disposals of city office blocks and multi-let buildings. Whatever the size we advise on the real estate site assembly, the development documentation, the structuring and financing of the transactions, including liaising with accountants, tax advisers and lenders. We are able to provide invaluable adv ice at every stage of your transaction for a long term investment.
Typical Work
- Advising, negotiating and drafting of documents for:
- The acquisitions for investment and development of sites,
- Commercial development documentation and joint venture agreements.
- Setting up the Special Purpose Vehicles (corporate wrappers) and negotiating commercial leases for the completed development.
- Leases and landlord and tenant property management services
- Advising commercial landlords and lenders with their commercial real estate portfolios.
Recent Transactions
- Development of a retail parade including the real estate acquisition as a sub-sale, the drafting of the construction and development documentation, and the forward grant of leases of the retail units.
- The drafting of leases of retail units in a mixed use scheme, and the granting of residential leases, having put in place a management company.
- The completion of leases of offices in a refurbished office block including the provision of collateral warranties to tenants for the development.
- Purchase of a strategic piece of real estate adjacent to client’s development site at auction, with a simultaneous sub-sale of part, including reciprocal rights and easements and mitigating the stamp duty land tax.
- Acting on the purchase of the real estate freehold of an office building, subject to a lease, as the European corporate headquarters for a global organisation
- The negotiation of planning and highways agreements for proposed development of real estate sites
