Mixed-Use Developments: Lessons Learned From Recent Deals

Mr. Diamond concentrates on real property law, with special emphasis on the planning and development of condominiums, mixed-use projects and planned unit developments, preparing community association documents for developers and builders. His practice includes risk management for developers/builders, ensuring compliance with secondary mortgage market requirements (FNMA, FHLMC, VA, FHA, VHDA), negotiation of warranty and construction defect claims, and general representation of community associations. More recently, Mr. Diamond has worked on a number of commercial, hotel and continuing care retirement condominiums as well as litigating association-related issues in state and federal court. His clients include condominium and homeowners associations; developers of new and conversion residential, office and mixed-use condominium and PUD projects; lenders providing construction and permanent financing and assessment-based loans for condominiums and planned communities; and management companies and insurance companies working with community associations. Mr. Diamond has been active in the development of legislation concerning condominiums and planned communities for over 35 years. In that time, he has significant and notable accomplishments, including serving as one of four drafters of the Uniform Condominium Act for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (which is now the Uniform Laws Commission).

Ms. Scull's focus is on the representation of commercial, industrial, retail and residential developers in all real property transactions. She advises lenders, borrowers, and guarantors on loan documentation, workout and loan enforcement issues, and has a special expertise in mixed use projects, condominium projects and Bureau of Real Estate regulatory matters. She represents numerous publicly held developers, urban high-rise and mixed-use developers, and developers of master planned communities in developing and processing projects and implementing programs to minimize liability.