Minneapolis Real Estate Development Lawyers
Commercial Land Development Law Firm
At Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC, we undertake a wide range of land development matters, helping clients take their projects from concept to successful conclusion. Our clients benefit greatly from the experience and knowledge of our attorneys, five of whom have been certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as Board Certified Real Property Law Specialists. This concentration of certified specialists is unusual, making our law firm one of the premier real estate firms in the state.
Examples of Land Development Matters
We handle all legal matters related to land development, including:
- Drafting land purchase agreements (for sellers or buyers)
- Reviewing construction financing documents
- Negotiating development contracts
- Securing government approvals
- Reviewing and interpreting Minnesota Pollution Control Agency rulings and opinions
- Preparing construction contracts
- Determining clean-up requirements for hazardous waste sites
- Drafting governing documents to create community or homeowners associations
- Drafting disclosure documents
- Assisting with sales of individual units within a development
Our land development clients include local, regional and national developers and builders. For clients such as these, and for all our clients, we build on our knowledge and experience to provide cost-effective and creative representation, drawing upon all the resources of our law firm.
We have been involved in the successful development of single-family residential projects, condominiums, townhomes, mixed-use facilities and retail and business projects. We have also assisted clients whose development projects floundered find realistic and reasonable solutions to the unique problems failing or failed development projects present. In these circumstances, we put together loan workout agreements, undertake to clear the title, structure phased development projects and strive to get the client's project going again. When problems or disputes cannot be resolved, our real estate lawyers work with our litigation department to develop strategies to protect our clients.
Attorneys who handle land development matters are:
