Real Estate Transactions
Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis works with a broad range of clients in both sophisticated and simple real estate transactions and financing deals. The firm has one of the strongest commercial real estate practices in the state comprised of a team of attorneys whose sole practice is real estate.
The firm has experience working with privately held companies, developers, not-for-profit organizations and governmental regulatory agencies. The relationships we have established through our 100+ years of practicing law in Mississippi benefit our clients in all phases of the project from the planning stages through the day-to-day operations once the project is complete.
In recent years, the practice group has assisted clients of the Firm in completing the following projects:
• Acquisition of multiple properties for a large health system in Jackson, Mississippi.
• Acquisition, redevelopment and leasing of a downtown office tower in Jackson, Mississippi, and planning for mixed retail, professional and residential use.
• Development, leasing and financing of auto manufacturing facility in Madison County, Mississippi, including structuring public/private financing.
• Leveraged lease financing of a state-of-the-art newsprint mill in Grenada County, Mississippi.
• Owner, equity participant, lender and investment banker representation in construction and financing of gaming facilities.
• Development, financing and leasing of industrial facilities, hospitals, shopping centers, office buildings and office/warehouse developments.
• Conversion of existing hotel and restaurant facilities to commercial condominium.
• Planning, acquisition and construction of Traditional Neighborhood Development ("TND") employing the concept of new urbanism.
• Representation of public bodies in areas of downtown redevelopment and neighborhood reclamation.
• Development, leasing and financing of multiple shopping centers.
• Numerous projects utilizing developer incentives including tax increment financing and/or public improvement districts.
• Development, leasing and financing of mixed-use facility in mid-town location.
• Development, leasing and financing of first project to use of state statute authorizing school districts to develop excess property on a joint venture basis.