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"Gunster Yoakley's
Urban Development Group provides innovative counsel on real estate
development and revitalization initiatives amid an ever-changing
urban landscape." |
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Urban Development
Urban development today offers significant economic
opportunities and challenges, which require assistance from an experienced
team of legal professionals. The experience, knowledge and relationships
Gunster Yoakley has cultivated since 1925 provide significant resources
to facilitate the creation and implementation of workable urban development
strategies and partnerships.
Combining traditional real estate legal services with
the broad talents and experience of its Urban Development Group members,
the Firm is uniquely positioned to assist developers amid the rapidly
changing urban landscape of the 21st century. From finding the right location
for a business enterprise, through obtaining required approvals, developing,
building and operating the venture, members of Gunster Yoakley's Urban
Development Group possess the knowledge, resources and experience to provide
strategic counsel and legal guidance for your initiatives.
Urban Development Attorneys
Contacts
Donald R. Hall (Fort Lauderdale)
James R. Brindell (West Palm
Beach)
Service Areas
- Affordable Housing
- Architectural Review
- Brownfields Redevelopment
- Development and Design Regulations
- E-Smart Development
- Eminent Domain and Property Rights
- Enterprise and Empowerment Zones
- Historic Preservation
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- Hotel, Convention, Sports and Performing Arts Facilities
- Marketing
- Parking, Transit, Traffic Management and Security
- Public and Private Partnerships
- Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales
- Retail and Restaurant Leasing and Development
- Special Taxing and Assessment Districts
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Representative Matters
- Helped revitalize Miami Beach's South Beach through adoption of innovative
zoning requirements that protect historic structures while encouraging
their adaptive re-use; creation of street and infrastructure improvement
programs funded by special assessments; initiation of Business Improvement
Districts to manage city services; and development of widely recognized
public/private projects.
- Assembled 26 continuous blocks of blighted urban property in West
Palm Beach and attained development approvals for CityPlace, a large-scale
office, retail and residential project in the downtown/uptown corridor.
Other downtown initiatives included securing location of the Kravis
Center for the Performing Arts; negotiating affordable housing and parking
agreements; collaborating on retail and restaurant leases and the sale
of various Clematis Street buildings; and establishing a special taxing
district, tax increment financing and infrastructure agreements.
- Assisted renovation efforts that transformed downtown Fort Lauderdale
and the adjacent beachfront into vibrant residential, commercial, retail
and entertainment districts. Through the Firm's efforts, the cityscape
now includes Las Olas River House, a 42-story riverfront condominium;
Beach Place, a mixed-use retail and condominium hotel complex on the
beach; and Summit Las Olas, a 420-unit rental apartment building near
all of downtown's amenities.
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