Commercial Real Estate: Property-Related Issues 2017 Edition

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: PROPERTY-RELATED ISSUES is an essential handbook for both attorneys new to real estate law and those seeking to enhance their practice with a thorough understanding of this multi-faceted practice area. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: PROPERTY-RELATED ISSUES is a new addition to IICLE®’s library — it is the first of two updated and re-formatted commercial real estate handbooks. This title addresses site selection, commercial surveys, zoning issues (from both the municipality’s and developer’s perspectives), eminent domain, mechanics liens, the sale of agricultural property for commercial use, commercial development vs. agricultural interests, environmental considerations in commercial real estate transactions, and due diligence for leases on commercial properties. Checklists and editable forms are provided.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE:PROPERTY-RELATED ISSUES (2017)

General Editor
William J. Anaya, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 1 — Site Selection
Keith W. Groebe, Timothy J. Hammersmith, Jr., and David J. Alexander, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., Chicago

Chapter 2 — A Guide to Commercial Surveys
Richard F. Bales, Chicago Title Insurance Co., Wheaton, and Michael Filipski, Compass Surveying Ltd., Aurora

Chapter 3 — Zoning Issues: Municipality Perspective
Dean W. Krone, James S. Levi, Kevin McKeown, and Melissa M. Weiss, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn, LLP, Arlington Heights, and Jack H. Tibbetts, Attorney at Law, Arlington Heights

Chapter 4 — Zoning Issues: A Developer’s Perspective
Scott R. Borstein, Neal & Leroy, LLC, Chicago, and Joseph P. Gattuso and Jack Guthman, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago

Chapter 5 — Eminent Domain
Brian P. Liston, Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 6 — Mechanics Liens
Dennis J. Powers, DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago

Chapter 7 — The Sale of Agricultural Property for Commercial Use
Jeffrey A. Mollet, Silver Lake Group Ltd., Highland, Greenville, Litchfield

Chapter 8 — Commercial Development vs. Agricultural Interests
Paul J. Evans, Evans Law Firm, P.C., O’Fallon

Chapter 9 — Environmental Considerations in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
William J. Anaya, Matthew E. Cohn, and Elizabeth A. Austermuehle, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Chicago

Chapter 10 — Due Diligence for Leases on Commercial Properties
Peter Tsantilis, Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., Chicago