CC&Rs and Easements for Mixed-Use Projects: Best Practices for Developers
Drafting, Analyzing, Interpreting, and Amending CC&R Declarations and Easements
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide real estate practitioners in drafting valid covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) for mixed-use projects, avoiding common pitfalls in drafting CC&Rs, and amending existing CC&Rs.
Outline
- Overview of CC&R declarations
- Drafting effective CC&R declarations
- Common pitfalls with CC&R declarations
- Amending existing CC&R declarations
Benefits
This panel will review these and other key issues:
- The fundamental components of mixed-use CC&Rs
- Unique elements in drafting CC&Rs for branded mixed-use communities
- Creating financially viable mixed-use communities
- Costly drafting errors that attorneys most commonly make when drafting CC&Rs
- Best practices for preparing, analyzing, interpreting, and amending CC&Rs
Faculty

Lynn K. Cadwalader
Partner
Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Ms. Cadwalader leads the firm’s Hospitality and Leisure Practice. Her work involves representing developers,... | Read More
Ms. Cadwalader leads the firm’s Hospitality and Leisure Practice. Her work involves representing developers, owners, operators, and investors in complex hospitality and mixed-use projects within the United States and around the world. Ms. Cadwalader is a seasoned hospitality lawyer, providing creative and business-focused counsel to her clients. She has been a key player in many high-profile hospitality transactions, where her ability to creatively structure solutions that work for all participants has been invaluable.
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Shannon M. Mandich
Special Counsel
Sheppard Mullin
Ms. Mandich represents residential and commercial developers and builders in connection with the development and sale... | Read More
Ms. Mandich represents residential and commercial developers and builders in connection with the development and sale of master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, planned unit developments, condominium projects and commercial/industrial projects. She has extensive experience preparing legal management and association documents and other real estate transactional documents, including Declarations of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs), license and easement agreements, cost-share agreements, maintenance agreements, purchase and sale agreements, disclosure statements and conveyance instruments. Ms. Mandich advises clients in connection with the Department of Real Estate subdivision regulatory process and other state, local and federal laws and regulations concerning the creation and operation of associations and the development and sale of property.
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Gretta C. Spendlove
Shareholder, Board of Directors
Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar
Ms. Spendlove is on the Board of Directors of Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar and practices in the Real Estate Section,... | Read More
Ms. Spendlove is on the Board of Directors of Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar and practices in the Real Estate Section, the Business & Finance Section, and the Intellectual Property Section. She represents buyers and sellers in purchasing, selling, leasing, and developing commercial real estate; advises startups and established entities in creating, buying, selling, merging, and maintaining partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations, as well as entering into a wide range of business contracts. She also handles intellectual property issues such as trademarks and copyrights.
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