Lane Powell PC

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A law firm with attorneys in Seattle, Portland, Anchorage and Olympia

A Pacific Northwest law firm serving Seattle, Portland, Anchorage, Olympia and London, providing legal services in business, litigation, labor and employment, technology, financial, retail and real estate law.

Lane Powell PC
601 SW 2nd Ave #2100
Portland OR 97204
Tel: 503 778-2100
Fax: 503 778-2200

Real Estate

Lane Powell offers extensive experience throughout the Pacific Northwest – as well as nationally and internationally – in real estate buying, selling and exchanging of commercial and residential property. The Firm’s attorneys are expert in many facets of commercial lending and transaction financing, bankruptcy, property valuation and taxation, as well as environmental and land-use matters.

Lane Powell has a proven record of successfully representing buyers and sellers in transactions involving commercial properties and businesses of all kinds, including office buildings, retail and apartment complexes, department stores and shopping centers, mixed-use facilities, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, timberland, mines, storage and warehousing facilities, residential properties and raw land.

In addition to representing borrowers, Lane Powell skillfully counsels commercial lenders who finance all types of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development and construction activities. The Firm also has substantial experience representing borrowers and lenders in troubled loan workout arrangements, as well as deed-of-trust and mortgage foreclosure proceedings.

Among the several other areas of real estate law Lane Powell regularly handles are:

* Commercial Leasing: Representing landlords and tenants in all kinds of commercial real estate leasing transactions, as well as ground, timberland and aquatic leases.

* Bankruptcy Proceedings and Property Liquidations: Representing debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, workouts and property liquidations.

* Land-Use Planning and Development: Representing developers, businesses and lenders in connection with land-use and environmental issues arising from all kinds of development projects, from retail complexes to residential developments and natural resource extraction.

* Like-Kind Exchanges: Representing buyers and sellers in structuring “tax-free” like-kind exchanges of timberland, shopping center property, waterfront pier property and vacant land, among others, under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.

* Materialmen, Architectural and Engineering Liens: Recording and foreclosing upon all types of materialmen’s, architectural and engineering liens.

Real Estate Development and Finance

Lane Powell’s Real Estate Development and Finance Practice Group includes real estate, construction and litigation attorneys experienced in all phases of the real estate development process, from site selection through preparation of tenant leases, including:
* Project finance
* Environmental and land-use
* Contract negotiations and drafting
* Change orders, construction claims and liens
* Litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute methods
* Public/private partnerships

Attorneys in this group represent developers, owners, contractors, design professionals and suppliers, and are skilled in negotiating and finalizing agreements, as well as in litigation, arbitration, mediation and claims work.

Through specialization and experience, Lane Powell’s Real Estate Development and Finance attorneys are able to identify the legal issues in each real estate or construction-related transaction or dispute and then recommend practical, cost-effective solutions.

Real Estate Litigation

Lane Powell offers a strong, multi-disciplinary team of skilled attorneys actively involved in real estate litigation. The result is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most successful trial and arbitration performance records involving the purchase, sale, leasing, financing and development of real property.

Real estate is one of the nation’s most volatile and complicated areas of legal practice, a situation amplified in the Pacific Northwest. For more than 135 years, Lane Powell has attracted a diverse range of clients in the real estate sector, including property owners, retailers, financial institutions, developers, property managers and brokers from across the region.

Our clients rely on us to successfully take their cases to trial or arbitration, or to obtain satisfactory settlements. The Firm also is recognized for handling real estate disputes short of actual litigation, such as commercial foreclosures and restructuring debt arrangements (workouts) for financial institutions.

Broad Practice Experience

A chief Lane Powell benefit is its strength across a broad range of practice areas directly related to real estate, providing the Firm’s attorneys with keen insights for more effective litigation. Some examples are:

* Experience involving commercial properties of all kinds, including office buildings, retail and apartment complexes, department stores and shopping centers, residential developments, mixed-use facilities, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, timberlands, mines, and storage and warehousing facilities, among others.

* Extensive experience in bankruptcy matters. As one of the first major law firms in the Pacific Northwest to recognize bankruptcy and creditors rights as a distinct practice area, Lane Powell attorneys have been successful in litigating virtually all bankruptcy issues involving real estate.

* Proven success in construction-related litigation for developers, contractors, project owners and design professionals. The Firm has successfully handled matters related to retail stores, hotels, schools, libraries, correctional facilities, park-and-ride facilities, university buildings, residential projects, medical facilities, airports, public works and many other commercial projects.

* A record of accomplishment in Pacific Northwest environmental and land-use litigation. Lane Powell attorneys have an excellent record in handling disputes involving land use, property tax valuations, lease and boundary matters, restrictive covenants, hazardous material clean-up liability, water rights, eminent domain, condemnation and other areas especially associated with Washington’s and Oregon’s land use and growth-management laws.

Active in Industry Associations

Lane Powell attorneys keep current on real estate trends and developments through active participation and support of the leading associations of real estate professionals in the Pacific Northwest.