Real Estate

Gould & Ratner’s real estate practice includes all phases of the acquisition, development, financing, zoning, leasing and sale of real estate. Our experience in complex transactions includes representing lenders, borrowers, developers, equity investors and owners.  We have extensive experience in real estate workouts and counseling lenders and borrowers in dealing with distressed assets. We also advise real estate development and management companies, and businesses which own or lease real estate in the normal course of their businesses. When tax issues arise, we involve our real estate tax professionals early in the transaction process to ensure that such issues are addressed.

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Sub-services

• Acquisition, Leasing and Sale of Major Properties
• Office Building, Industrial Site and Mixed-Use Developments
• Planned Communities
• Golf Course Developments
• Hotel and Recreational Development
• Real Estate Financing
• Tax and Assessment Issues

News

• Gould & Ratner LLP Advises "Buyer Beware -- Are You Ready for the New "As Is"?
• Gould & Ratner LLP Presents Seminar on Mechanics Liens
• Virginia Harding Moderates Panel on "Dollars and Sense of Green"

Articles

• A reminder that green buildings need green leases
• A look at arbitration clauses and mechanics lien laws
• Why real estate lawyers need to know about geology
• The 800-pound gorilla in the green building movement
• Pricing water to encourage conservation, March 26, 2010
• Lawyers should be prepared, revisit receiverships, February 26, 2010
• Addressing Water Conservation and Real Estate, January 29, 2010
• New Tenants for Big Boxes, January 2010
• Are Water Wars Coming?, December 4, 2009
• The Illinois Notary Public Act, Fall 2009
• Illinois Amends Mortgage Foreclosure Act, Spring 2009
• Ten Steps to Protect Landlord in Tough Economic Times, Spring 2009
• Ted Swain Appointed to Mayor's Property Tax Advisory Council, Spring 2008
• Examining Cook County's Property Tax System
• Handling the Holdover Tenant
• Tax Consequences of Eminent Domain