This handbook is an essential resource for attorneys new to real estate law and seasoned real estate practitioners alike. Topics include construction financing from the borrower’s perspective, commercial real estate financing from both the borrower’s and mortgage lender’s perspectives, governmental sources of financing and other incentives, real estate broker law and litigation, commercial real estate sale contracts, and choice of entity for taking title.
Chapter 1 — Construction Financing from the Borrower’s Perspective
Eugene S. Kraus, Jason R. Sleezer, and Haley J. Mulherin, Scott & Kraus, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Commercial Real Estate Financing: The Borrower’s Perspective
Stacy A. Osmond, DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago
Chapter 3 — Commercial Real Estate Financing: The Mortgage Lender’s Perspective
Robert J. Taylor, Gould & Ratner, LLP Chicago
Chapter 4 — Governmental Sources of Financing and Other Incentives
Ronald S. Cope, Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz, Ltd., and Steven M. Elrod, Elrod Friedman LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Real Estate Tax and Government Incentives
Keith W. Groebe, Timothy J. Hammersmith, and Mitchell W. Pollard, Masuda Funai, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Real Estate Broker Law and Litigation
James A. Hochman, Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 7 — Commercial Real Estate Sale Contracts
Stacy A. Osmond & Tori Campbell, DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago
Chapter 8 — Choice of Entity for Taking Title
Jake J. Bennett, Masuda Funai, Chicago
