Planned Community and Mixed-Use Developments

Some of our most interesting and challenging projects allow us to draw on our diverse set of skills and knowledge in real estate. In Washington state, these projects, whether urban mixed-use projects, master planned communities, retail centers with shared operating expenses, or condominiums, have become all the more challenging with the 2019 adoption of the Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA). 

On behalf of developers, we have worked on a number of complicated urban mixed-use projects that involve condominium and sub-condominiums, complex parking arrangements, ground leases and feature national grocers, medical groups or the Seattle Art Museum as anchor tenants or key occupants.

For several years, we have provided legal services for a very wide variety of real estate transactions and matters for the developers of a large and rapidly growing second-home community in Western Washington.  These matters include land acquisition, commercial development, homebuilding and sales, debt and equity financing, retail leasing, and hospitality management, calling for us to make use of our firm’s full panoply of real estate capabilities and experience.

For some of our homebuilder clients, we are tasked with drafting the CC&Rs, HOA documents, easements and public disclosure statements for their residential subdivisions.  

On behalf of developers, landlords, tenants, and purchasers, we also prepare, review and negotiate CC&Rs, REAs and other similar documents for major regional shopping centers, out parcels and business parks.

We frequently represent purchasers of residential and commercial condominium units or condominium projects, including the review and analysis of complex condominium declarations.