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Chapter 1 — Site Selection

Chapter 2 — A Guide to Commercial Surveys

Chapter 3 — Zoning Issues: Municipality Perspective

Chapter 4 — Zoning Issues: A Developer’s Perspective

Chapter 5 — Eminent Domain

Chapter 6 — Mechanics Liens

Chapter 7 — The Sale of Agricultural Property for Commercial Use

Chapter 8 — Commercial Development vs. Agricultural Interests

Chapter 9 — Environmental Considerations in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Chapter 10 — Due Diligence for Leases on Commercial Properties

Authors

William J. Anaya
William J. Anaya
William J. Anaya is a Partner with UB Greensfelder LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates in environmental law transactions, litigation, and appeals. He is a Past Chairman of the IICLE^® Board of Directors and has received IICLE^®’s Addis Hull Award for Excellence in Legal Education. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Indiana State Bar Associations and is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Environmental and Natural Resource Law Section Council and Real Estate Law Section Council. Mr. Anaya received his B.A. from Purdue University and his J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Michael C. Bedell
Michael C. Bedell
Michael C. Bedell is a senior associate at Masuda Funai in Chicago, where he represents clients in connection with complex real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, financing, and leasing of retail, office, and industrial properties. Prior to joining Masuda Funai, he was in-house counsel for a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the Chicago area and an associate in the Chicago office of a global law firm. He has authored numerous articles on various commercial real estate matters. Mr. Bedell received his B.A. from the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Scott R. Borstein
Scott R. Borstein
Scott R. Borstein is a Partner at Neal & Leroy, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in zoning, land use, and real estate transactions. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and licensed to practice law in both Illinois and California. Mr. Borstein received his B.A. cum laude from Miami University and his J.D. from Georgetown Law, where he was Associate Editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal.
Matthew E. Cohn
Matthew E. Cohn
Matthew E. Cohn is an Officer at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in real estate and the litigation of environmental and insurance coverage matters. Before becoming an attorney, he worked as a hydrogeologist for a global environmental engineering and consulting firm for several years. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section Council and the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. Mr. Cohn received his B.S. in Geology with honors from Bucknell University, his M.S. in Geology from Indiana University, and his J.D. with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Paul J. Evans
Paul J. Evans
Paul J. Evans is the Principal Attorney of the Evans Law Firm, PC, in O’Fallon, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of agricultural law, real estate, and estate planning. He is a member of the Illinois State, Missouri, and St. Clair County Bar Associations and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He has served on the Agricultural Law Section Council of ISBA since 1995 in various capacities, including serving as Council Chair in 2002 – 2003. He has written articles for the ISBA Section Council’s Agricultural Law newsletter and has been a presenter for ISBA. He has spoken to nonprofit organizations on issues of land preservation. Mr. Evans earned his B.S. and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Joseph P. Gattuso
Joseph P. Gattuso
Joseph P. Gattuso is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of land use, zoning, historic preservation, and other regulatory matters; development incentives; acquisition of publicly owned property; liquor and business licensing issues; building and life safety code compliance; right-of-way adjustments; and subdivisions. He is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Gattuso received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where he was a member of the law review.
Keith W. Groebe
Keith W. Groebe
Keith W. Groebe is a Principal at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses on real estate. He is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations and rated by Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent in Real Property Law. Groebe received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Jack Guthman
Jack Guthman
Jack Guthman is Partner Emeritus at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Chicago, where his practice encompasses a broad range of activity before state and local boards, commissions, the Illinois General Assembly, and the Congress of the United States. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Real Estate and Land Use and Zoning Law annually since 2006. He was inducted into the Chicago Association of Realtors Hall of Fame for his achievements in the real estate industry. Mr. Guthman received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Timothy J. Hammersmith, Jr.
Timothy J. Hammersmith, Jr.
Timothy J. Hammersmith, Jr., is a Principal at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., in Chicago, where his primary areas of practice include a broad spectrum of real estate disciplines and commercial matters. He is a frequent author on real estate issues such as taxation, site selection and real estate development incentives, and landlord/tenant matters. For two years, he also served as an adjunct professor for the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He has served on the Illinois State Bar Association’s State and Local Taxation Section Council. Hammersmith earned his B.S. from the University of South Florida and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he was a member of the law review.
J. Cole Helfrich
J. Cole Helfrich
J. Cole Helfrich has been a Principal Land Surveyor at Craig R. Knoche & Associates, P.C. in Geneva for the last 28 years. His specialties include real estate law, boundaries and boundary law, easements, rights-of-way and other encumbrances and servitudes, statutory and common-law plats, ALTA surveys, topography, building and site layout, and construction and project management as well as land development consulting. He has enjoyed working with countless prominent developers, attorneys, and other professionals in the field and the office. Mr. Helfrich is a member of the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association.
Dean W. Krone
Dean W. Krone
Dean W. Krone is a Partner at Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP, in Arlington Heights, where he focuses on local government law and real estate development. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Krone received his B.S. and his J.D. from the University of Chicago.
Brian P. Liston
Brian P. Liston
Brian P. Liston is a Partner at Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on eminent domain and tax litigation. He was a lecturer and author on “Highest and Best Use Analysis” for the Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Section Committee Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Seminar in 2003 – 2008. He was a speaker on “Highest & Best use of Land in Eminent Domain” for the Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Law Update in 2007. Mr. Liston received his B.S. and M.B.A. in Institutional Management from Purdue University, his M.B.A. in Finance from Saint Xavier University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He received Academic All Big Ten honors in 1982 and 1983.
Kevin P. McKeown
Kevin P. McKeown
Kevin P. McKeown is an associate at Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP, in Arlington Heights, where he focuses on education law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the National Council of School Attorneys, and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Mr. McKeown received his B.A. with a double major from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Jeffrey A. Mollet
Jeffrey A. Mollet
Jeffrey A. Mollet practices at Silver Lake Group, Ltd., in Highland, where he focuses his practice on banking and finance, real estate, and agriculture. He is a frequent speaker and published author on agricultural topics. He served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Agricultural Law Section Council (2005 – 2006) and has been the Council’s newsletter editor for many years. He was also a speaker on venture capital and financing at the Illinois Coalition for Animal Agriculture Symposium (2002) and spoke on the topic of “Organizing New Generation Cooperatives” for the American Agricultural Law Association (2001). Mr. Mollet earned his B.S. from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and his J.D. from the St. Louis University Law School.
Dennis J. Powers
Dennis J. Powers
Dennis J. Powers is a Partner at DLA Piper LLP (US) in Chicago, where he focuses on construction law and real estate and commercial litigation. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, Construction Law, and has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer as the result of research projects conducted jointly by Law & Politics and Chicago magazines. He is also listed in Leading Lawyers for Construction Law and is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations and the Construction Law Forum. Mr. Powers received his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Suzanne Karbarz Rovner
Suzanne Karbarz Rovner
Suzanne Karbarz Rovner is Of Counsel to Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses on construction law, representing owners, developers, design professionals, and contractors in all aspects of the construction process, from drafting and negotiating contracts to project execution and resolution of disputes. She is a member of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. Ms. Rovner received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. with honors from the George Washington University Law School.
Peter Tsantilis
Peter Tsantilis
Peter Tsantilis is a Partner at Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in real estate tax appeals and incentives, land use/zoning, complex industrial and commercial real estate transactions/leasing, and eminent domain litigation. He is a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, the Illinois State Bar Association, and is the Legislative Chair of the NAIOP Chicago Legislative Committee. He was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch (2013), an Emerging Leading Lawyer (2015 – 2017), and a Leading Lawyer (2018 – 2025). Mr. Tsantilis received his B.B.A. summa cum laude from the Loyola University Chicago School of Business Administration and his J.D. cum laude from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

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William J. Anaya

Michael C. Bedell

Scott R. Borstein

Matthew E. Cohn

Paul J. Evans

Joseph P. Gattuso

Keith W. Groebe

Jack Guthman

Timothy J. Hammersmith, Jr.

J. Cole Helfrich

Dean W. Krone

Brian P. Liston

Kevin P. McKeown

Jeffrey A. Mollet

Dennis J. Powers

Suzanne Karbarz Rovner

Peter Tsantilis

Commercial Real Estate: Property-Related Issues (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)