Commercial Real Estate

Our commercial real estate team is lead by senior partner William P.(“Bill”) Langdale, Jr, a founding partner of the firm. Most commercial transactions are staffed by two attorneys, as well as one legal assistant who specializes in commercial real estate transactions. Our commercial real estate team is comprised of highly skilled attorneys, who approach each deal with the insight and business background to help the client understand not only the legal issues involved, but the business issues and risks as well.
Led by Bill’s vast experience and insight, our firm is able to offer expert legal advice in this area that is nonexistent at most firms. Bill is not only a leader in analyzing commercial transactions, from complex leases to asset and stock purchases, but is also a seasoned investor and developer himself, with interests in ongoing projects, ranging from the Florida coast to Colorado. This allows us to approach our clients’ needs and questions not only from the perspective of the attorney, but also from the perspective of the businessman, recognizing the potential risks and returns and addressing problems and issues seen and experienced many times before. There are very few attorneys in the State of Georgia, or elsewhere, who can offer this type of insight into a business deal.

As a result of this expertise, the firm’s real estate partners have handled an astonishing volume of commercial transactions throughout the region, usually only seen handled by the larger Atlanta law firms. For instance, we recently handled the closing of $190 million dollars of industrial warehouse space in Savannah, Georgia to Duke Realty, a publicly traded entity, which resulted in Duke becoming the largest industrial landlord in Savannah. Over the last five years, we have annually handled over $75 million in real estate closings, and leases, for warehouse space from Florida to Savannah. We assisted in the purchase by Wild Adventures of Cypress Gardens amusement park, the oldest theme park in Florida and we have been involved in numerous large hotel transactions from Valdosta to Atlanta.