Real Estate & Zoning

The firm has extensive experience in commercial and residential real estate matters representing parties in commercial and residential property acquisition and disposition, commercial leasing and development, residential development and title, boundary and zoning disputes, and riparian and watershed rights. The firm’s attorneys have appeared in proceedings before City Councils and Boards of Adjustments to seek relief on behalf of the firm’s clients. The firm’s attorneys also have substantial experience in resolving, and where necessary, litigating the enforceability of restrictive covenants and private restrictions on the use of land in real estate and zoning.

Representative Experience

Continued representation of a group of investors, acting together as tenants-in-common, in connection with the acquisition of hundreds of millions of commercial office, industrial and retail properties located across the United States. The representation included the negotiation and preparation of the various acquisition agreements, loan documents, tenancy in common agreements as well as addressing title, survey and zoning issues.
Represented independent real estate firms in connection with both acquisition and sales of numerous apartment complexes located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The representation included the negotiation and preparation of acquisition agreements, various conveyance documents, as well as the review of title, survey and zoning matters in compliance with complex subdivision, zoning and easement requirements.
Represented a group of real estate brokers and agents in connection with the $8.7 million sale of a statewide Oklahoma real estate brokerage firm with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The representation included the negotiation and preparation of the sales contract, various employment and independent contractor agreements, as well as covenants not to compete.
Represented a local real estate developer in connection with the acquisition of approximately 188 acres of land in Tulsa, Oklahoma, owned by Ford Motor Company as its Tulsa Glass Plant, the decommissioning and demolition of the glass plant, the subdivision of the land and declaration of restrictive covenants and restrictions and the establishment of a business park for the subdivision. The representation included the negotiation and preparation of the acquisition agreement, loan documents, various conveyance documents, including easements and rights of way, as well as the review of environmental matters and title, survey and zoning matters in compliance with complex subdivision, zoning and easement requirements. The representation also included the negotiation and preparation of a lease to a diversified global manufacturing public company of over 550,000 of office/warehouse space and, subsequently, the refinancing of the mortgage indebtedness pursuant to $12 million non-recourse loan from a national life insurance company.
Continued representation of Oklahoma’s largest industrial warehouse developer in connection with the acquisition, development and leasing of various real estate properties located primarily in and around Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, including several at the Port of Catoosa. The representation typically includes the negotiation and preparation of acquisition agreements, loan documents, ground leases, tenant leases, various conveyance documents, including easements and rights of way, as well as the review of environmental matters and title, survey and zoning matters in compliance with complex subdivision, zoning and easement requirements. For Port of Catoosa or Tulsa Airport projects, the representation has also included obtaining required consents and approvals from the Port Authority and Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust.
Continued representation of the Oklahoma commercial real estate office of a global real estate brokerage firm, with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The representation typically includes the negotiation and preparation of sales contracts and leases of commercial real estate, and various other real estate related matters.
Represented Tulsa based publicly traded company in protracted litigation involving claims of trespass and quiet title regarding ownership of pipelines in central Oklahoma. Litigation involved researching and analysis of title documents for several pipelines and related equipment facilities over several counties.
Represented and obtained a judgment in favor of a real estate developer regarding the enforcement of restrictive covenants, including two appeals; one over the denial of injunctive relief and one, after oral argument, over the interpretation of the covenants at issue.
Represented a commercial real estate developer in the acquisition, financing, development and leasing of a commercial shopping center, including the negotiation of an economic development incentive in the amount of $49 million.