Our Real Estate law practice provides services for all types of real estate transactions and litigation, including commercial real estate, banking and lending, land use and litigation, housing and public finance.

Our attorneys have extensive experience in all traditional real estate practice areas, such as property acquisition, financing, leasing, due diligence review and entitlements. We often act as local counsel, providing services to lenders and borrowers across the nation. We have experience in a variety of areas, such as brownfield redevelopments, condemnation, sports arenas, hotel projects, hydroelectric and co-generation projects, wireless communication networks, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and tenant-in-common exchanges. Clients benefit from the Real Estate practice’s close working relationships with other departments within the firm.

Leonard, Street and Deinard has represented a variety of clients with real estate concerns, including:

• Minnesota Wild (arena lease, construction and financing)
• Minnesota Timberwolves (arena lease)
• FAF Advisors, Inc. (nationwide real estate financing transactions for four publicly traded and NYSE-listed closed-end funds)
• Saint Paul Port Authority (land assembly, bond financing, industrial parks, brownfields redevelopment)
• D.R. Horton, Inc.-Minnesota (residential real estate subdivision and development)
• Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul (land assembly, bond financing, office and housing development, brownfields redevelopment)
• M&I Bank (commercial/construction lending)
• BNC National Bank (commercial/construction lending)
• The Geneva Organization (tenant-in-common exchanges, acquisitions and financing)
• Associated Bank (commercial/construction lending)
• Milestone Hotel Investments, Inc. (hotel development)
• United Entertainment Corp. (movie theater development)
• Target Corporation (nationwide purchases and sales, shopping center operating agreements, leasing, land use)
• Taylor Corporation (nationwide corporate real estate)
• Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (nationwide real estate, site development for satellite communications network)
• Carlson Real Estate Company (purchases and sales, leasing, commercial development, land-use disputes)
• Chicago Title Insurance Company (coverage and claims litigation)
• Lennar of Minnesota/Lundgren Bros. Construction, Inc. (residential real estate subdivision and development)
• Laurent Development Company (residential real estate development)
• Contractor Property Developers Company (residential real estate subdivision and development)
• Brighton Development Corp. (office, retail and residential real estate development)
• Bigos Investments (apartment acquisition and financing)
• AIMCO (affordable housing)
• JPI (student housing)
• GrandMarc/Ambling (student housing)
• Joslyn Manufacturing (brownfields projects)
• HealthPartners/Group Health (corporate real estate)
• Allina Health System (corporate real estate)
• Health East (land development and zoning issues)
• Baker Investments (parking ramps, corporate real estate)
• Midwest Wireless Communications, LLC (site acquisition, leasing and financing for communications network)
• RD Management Corp. (shopping center and development work, brownfields redevelopment)
• Sargent General, Ltd. (land sales, ground leases)
• Pawn America (acquisitions, land use and zoning matters)
• Regency Inns Management, Inc. (hotel development)
• Great Lakes REIT (purchase and sales)
• U.S. Bank National Association (tax credit/affordable housing loans)
• Sherman Associates, Inc. (development, finance, leasing)