Structuring Real Estate Development Agreements With Municipalities
Leveraging Agreements for Long-Term Development Projects and Addressing Land Use and Infrastructure Issues
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer practical guidance for land use and real estate counsel on structuring and negotiating development agreements with municipalities for property development or redevelopment. The panel will discuss terms to ensure implementation and protect against challenges to the agreement.
Outline
- Value of development agreements
- Challenges
- Illegal contract zoning
- Spot zoning
- Statutes providing for agreements
- Aim
- Limits
- Terms to protect against challenges and ensure implementation
- Community benefits agreements
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What terms should be included in development agreements to avoid or respond to potential challenges to the agreements?
- How can development agreements provide benefits to owners/developers?
- How can community benefits agreements enhance or complicate development agreements?
Faculty
Alicia Guerra
Shareholder
Buchalter Nemer
Ms. Guerra's practice focuses on local, state and federal land use entitlement, permitting and environmental review... | Read More
Ms. Guerra's practice focuses on local, state and federal land use entitlement, permitting and environmental review for a broad sector of private industry, developers and public agencies. Her practice often involves complex and controversial projects at all levels of the administrative process including due diligence, land use entitlements, water resources, environmental compliance, and wetlands natural resources.
CloseReginald A. Long
Partner
Love and Long
Mr. Long focuses his practice on project development, project and corporate finance, banking, secured transactions,... | Read More
Mr. Long focuses his practice on project development, project and corporate finance, banking, secured transactions, subordinated debt, loan restructuring, loan participations, public agency, real estate, zoning and land use. Currently, he serves as counsel to several financial institutions, a Fortune 100 company, developers, and municipalities. He previously served as a lead attorney for the firm in connection with the representation of the United States Department of Treasury in the Small Business Lending Program.
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