Real Estate
USA Guide 2024 : District of Columbia
Band 2
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Provided by Goulston & Storrs
The Goulston & Storrs real estate group is one of the largest, most diverse, and most highly acclaimed practices in the United States. Our team counsels major regional and national developers, entrepreneurs, investment funds, REITS, property owners, and commercial tenants. We provide legal advice and coordination for sophisticated real estate transactions involving entrepreneurs, institutions, and public and private entities, furthering business objectives locally, nationally, and internationally. Our experience is expansive, including real estate development, entity formation, tax planning, acquisition, finance, leasing, and environmental law among other areas. Additionally, regional and national real estate lenders and investors consistently look to Goulston & Storrs as counsel for their sophisticated debt and equity real estate investments including the structuring of syndicated and capital market transactions. Our real estate practitioners have the judgment, experience, pragmatism, and technical skill needed for the prompt implementation of complex real estate projects and transactions nationwide.
Chambers Review
Goulston & Storrs has significant capabilities across a broad range of real estate matters, including financing, development, acquisition and disposition. The team is highly regarded for its zoning and land use work, and considered a go-to practice for land entitlement, zoning and historic preservation matters. It works with major developers, entrepreneurs, investment funds and landlords, among others.
Work Highlights
- Goulston & Storrs represented Placemakr in its partnership with Bernstein Management and Urban Atlantic, to convert an office building located at 1735 K Street NW into a 12-story luxury hotel-apartment hybrid property operated under the Placemakr Premier brand.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Goulston has a strong and knowledgeable team and continues to add younger talent as well."
"The team is highly skilled in the real estate area."
"Goulston are great they're practical and know their business. The team has deal lawyers who know how to get the deal done."
"Goulston has a strong and knowledgeable team and continues to add younger talent as well."
"The team is highly skilled in the real estate area."
"Goulston are great they're practical and know their business. The team has deal lawyers who know how to get the deal done."
Notable Practitioners
Maureen Dwyer's longstanding practice includes the handling of zoning and permitting matters arising from retail, hospitality and office projects.
Wendelin White maintains a broad transactional practice handling projects including office, residential and retail projects for a varied client base.
Allison Prince is highly sought after to handle complex zoning matters. She is well equipped to deal with the land use and permitting aspects of major real estate projects.
"Allison Prince is the best land use attorney."
Jeff Utz routinely represents his clients in zoning, permitting and development agreements before a range of DC government boards.
Paul Tummonds regularly handles the permitting, development and land use and zoning issues associated with residential, office and hotel projects.
David Avitabile is regularly called upon to handle zoning and land use matters for a client base including educational institutions and developers.
Jennifer Jones has in-depth experience of real estate transaction matters. She is highly skilled at handling leasing issues.
"Jennifer Jones is extremely knowledgeable and personable."
"Jennifer is very smart, detail-oriented and really thinks through the issues at a high level."
"Jennifer Jones is an extremely strong retail leasing lawyer."
John Ratino handles an array of real estate matters for developer, owner and REIT clients. His varied transactional expertise includes major development projects and property acquisitions.
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