Corporate Real Estate

Owners of significant real estate portfolios, particularly those with properties spread across multiple states and borders, often face unique property management and value creation challenges. Whether a client is considering relocating its corporate headquarters, identifying locations for production or distribution centers, or managing a geographically diverse collection of leased and owned properties, the corporate real estate team at Dickinson Wright can help address complex legal issues and advance business objectives.

We view our work as equal parts art and science, bringing creativity and practical judgment to even seemingly routine transactions. Depending on the circumstances, we may recommend alternative property uses and ownership structures, the use of tax incentives and abatement programs, or the outsourcing of certain management activities and responsibilities. With offices throughout the U.S. and in Canada, we regularly help clients leverage local laws, practices, and our network of service providers for the benefit of their national portfolios.

Our Services

Asset Evaluation & Management

When the goal is to convert a holding from a liability into a performing asset, corporate portfolio managers need a legal team that can evaluate properties and facilities, identify opportunities to enhance value, and find ways to improve efficiency. While some organizations view real estate as ancillary to their core businesses or as an unavoidable expense, many of our clients recognize that their portfolios can produce cost savings and market advantages. Our corporate real estate attorneys work with corporate property managers across a range of industries, representing their companies in land use planning, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, relocations, financings, tax incentive negotiations, and other value-creation transactions.

Portfolio Evaluation

Our team regularly helps clients look beyond individual properties and facilities to identify the broader value their portfolios can offer. When oversight of real estate holdings is decentralized and managed regionally or by separate business units, the loss of that broader perspective can result in missed opportunities and unnecessary costs. We assess portfolios as a whole to identify opportunities involving lease arrangements, common area maintenance reconciliations, occupancy, excess space, strategic locations, tax and environmental advantages, and other considerations.

Transaction Management

The solutions we offer extend beyond traditional legal counsel. Dickinson Wright has developed proprietary transaction management and document automation programs that support the efficient handling of commercial real estate transactions. This software allows clients to monitor negotiations and due diligence as they progress, reducing the time and expense required to complete many routine transactions.

As a full-service law firm, we also work closely with other practice areas across the firm to address and mitigate potential concerns that may arise, including: