Cummings & Lockwood’s Commercial Real Estate Group has been nationally recognized as Tier 1 in Real Estate Law by Best Lawyers®. We provide sophisticated legal counsel for clients’ varied real estate needs at the local, regional and national levels. Our attorneys have experience handling a range of real estate transactions, from real estate development, sales and acquisitions, joint ventures and portfolio transfers, to commercial and retail leasing, tax appeals, financing and litigation matters.
DIVERSE CLIENT BASE
Our clients include:
Commercial and residential developers
Real estate and pension funds
Hedge funds and private equity firms
Institutional and private investors
Banks, insurance companies and major financial institutions
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
International corporations and businesses
Universities and other educational and non-profit institutions
Hospitals and medical centers
Multigenerational families
Privately-held businesses
COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL
REPRESENTATION
By drawing on the experience of attorneys in our corporate, finance, tax, litigation, bankruptcy and private clients practices, we offer comprehensive representation on a variety of real estate projects, including:
Property acquisitions and sales
Joint ventures and partnerships
Mortgages and financings
Commercial and retail leasing
Shopping center and retail portfolios
Multifamily residential and mixed-use developments
Hotel, resort and hospitality ventures
Major family estate assemblages
Construction projects
Corporate headquarters projects
Real estate developments
UpREIT and downREIT transactions
Environmental matters, brownfield development and related risk allocation and enforcement
Real estate-related litigation and financing matters
Real estate tax appeals
2023 REPRESENTATIVE
TRANSACTIONS
Cummings & Lockwood has played an integral role in many of the major real estate developments in Connecticut over the last half century. In 2023, we represented:
National real estate developer in the acquisition and lease-up of a major office complex in downtown Stamford, Connecticut.
Leading private school in the acquisition of a substantial campus parcel in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Large family office in the renegotiation of its headquarters lease and the early termination of its satellite office location.
International insurance company in its consolidation of several regional offices into a single headquarters location in downtown Darien, Connecticut.
Family trust in the restructuring of several ground lease locations in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Investment syndicate in the net leasing of an entire office building to a private equity firm in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut.
National real estate fund in the lease-up of three major office complexes totaling over 1.75 million square feet.
Numerous private equity, hedge fund and venture capital firms in the relocation of their headquarters locations to lower Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Partner of a major regional real estate company in a complex restructuring of the entire company’s development, leasing, management and investment businesses.
International private equity firm in numerous major lease transactions in one of the most substantial office properties in the State of Connecticut.
Publicly traded manufacturer of electronic and fiber optic connectors and its subsidiaries in multiple national office and industrial leases.
For more information about Cummings & Lockwood’s Commercial Real Estate Group, please visit our website at www.cl-law.com.
