Mark's practice is centered upon commercial real estate acquisition, finance, development and leasing, with a primary focus on commercial office development and leasing and hotel development.
Representative Experience
Represent several large entrepreneurial buyers and pension funds in their Atlanta real estate acquisition, loan work out, note and debt purchases.
Represent the developer of an 1,500 acre mixed-use managed development on Lake Oconee, in Georgia.
Represent several national hotel companies in their acquisitions, dispositions and financings, including one of the largest hotel franchisors in the country in a variety of real estate related endeavors, including lease transactions within the hotels and in the hotel company’s subordinate financing and mezzanine loan program.
Represent several of the most active local office developers in their acquisition, development, leasing and property management work in the Atlanta area.
Recently represented the developers of several large mixed-use condominium developments.
Recent transactions include the lease-up of over 1,000,000 square feet of office space in both the Buckhead and Perimeter sub-markets. I am involved in, on average, between three and four of the 25 largest leasing transactions (by square footage leased) in the City of Atlanta every year.
Recently represented a major office user in the negotiation of a 450,000-square foot office lease for a three-building corporate campus headquarters, and another user in a 500,000 square foot office lease in two high-rises, and generally do “large-tenant” corporate real estate leases.
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
Speeches and presentations to large real-estate user groups include:
Office leases in a condominium regime.
Letters of Intent - Dangers and Opportunities.
Moderator for seminar on Commercial Leases in Georgia, including a speech on “10 Matters to Address, after a Lease is Executed”.
Critical Commercial Lease Issues in Georgia leases.
Presentation on Lease Remedies.
Moderator for seminar on Commercial Leasing, including speech on Tenant Credit Enhancements.
Leasing to High-Flying Gazelles.
Preparing Leases in a Speculative Office Building.
Real Estate Ad Valorem Tax Issues in Leases.
Indoor Air Quality Issues in Leases.
Work Letters in Leases - Issues and Dangers.
Issues for Owner’s with the Deregulation of Utilities.