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Stephanie is special counsel in the real estate department and focuses her practice on all phases of real estate development, with particular emphasis on the acquisition, leasing, financing, development, exchange and sale of commercial real estate, including office, shopping center, retail, flex, and multi-use projects. She has extensive experience in negotiating, drafting, reviewing, and analyzing complex agreements and documents, including purchase and sale agreements, leases (build to suit and ground leases), loan documents (institutional lenders, life companies and conduit lenders), land use documents (easements and restrictive covenants), options, defeasance documents and construction contracts. Stephanie has also implemented numerous Section 1031 standard exchanges, reverse exchanges, and TIC exchanges.
Stephanie also practices in the areas of business and corporate transactions including entity formation, mergers, acquisitions, and stock and asset sales.
Representative Matters
Represented owner/developer of two of the three largest office buildings in downtown Durham and represented the construction lender of the third.
Represented owner/developer in the development of a 240-acre multi-use office park, including leasing, sale, and/or 1031 exchange of approximately 20 buildings (office, flex, townhomes, and other commercial uses).
Represented owner/developer in the land acquisition and leasing to a major hospital provider and sale of medical office buildings located in the southeast.
Represented owner in multiple acquisitions, financing, ground leases and sales of shopping centers.
Represented owner/developer of residential subdivision, including land acquisition, financing and restrictive covenants.
Represented client in purchasing an undeveloped island and subsequent sale of property to a land trust, capturing tax savings.
Represented purchaser in two transactions involving the acquisition and financing of 36 convenience stores/gas stations.
Represented businesses and shareholders of significant Durham companies in the acquisition and sale of locations, mergers, venture capital financing, asset purchases and sales and stock purchases and sales.
Represented client in multiple purchases, sales, 1031 exchanges and leases of aircraft.
Professional, Civic and Community Involvement
Professional: North Carolina Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Member, Business Law Section, Member
Civic/Community: The Durham Chamber of Commerce, Past member of Board of Directors, Executive Committee
Downtown Durham Inc., Past Chair of Board of Directors, Executive Committee
The United Way, Past Board Member, Secretary. |
