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Commercial Real Estate Services

For more than 20 years, Spotts Fain has been recognized for our professional resources and capacity to help our clients resolve complex legal matters relating to commercial real estate transactions and litigation.

A Full Range of Services for Builders, Developers, Contractors and Investors

Selected Recent Zoning and Land Use Decisions in Virginia

Our commercial real estate law group includes:

  • John W. Anderson
  • Brian R. Marron
  • J. Thomas O'Brien, Jr.
  • Michael J. Rothermel
  • Meade A. Spotts
  • R. Lee Stephens, Jr.
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  • Robert J. Allen
  • Brian Thomas Chase
  • Deborah N. Fourness
  • Peter A. Gambardella
  • Andrew W. Oxenreiter
  • Christina M. Revels
  • Related articles and presentations:

    Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange Transactions: Property Held for Investment Purposes - Tax Court Guidance, by John W. Anderson and Andrew W. Oxenreiter

    Nothing in My Back Yard? The Case Against Expanding Third-Party Rights to Challenge Local Land Use Decisions in Virginia, by Robert J. Allen, 39 ELR 10097 (Feb. 2009)

    April 23, 2009 - Brian Marron spoke at a VaCLE seminar in Richmond, Commercial Leases in Troubled Times: Challenges for Landlords and Tenants, at the Richmond Marriott West,

    June 2007 - Brian Marron spoke at a Virginia CLE seminar, Commercial Lease Negotiating and Drafting: Beyond the Boilerplate.

    Contact any of our commercial real estate lawyers to discuss your specific commercial real estate legal matter.

    Spotts Fain represents clients in all aspects of commercial real estate law, including:

    • Closings, refinances and restructuring including Conventional financing and SBA Loans
    • Commercial real estate development, duplex condominiums, multi-family housing (HUD 221(d)(4) Loans)
    • Construction financing, including institutional and private market funding
    • Lease preparation, negotiation and review, lease litigation
    • Special land use permits
    • Zoning and land use permitting
    • Bankruptcy, insolvency, foreclosure and workouts
    • IRS 1031 Tax-Free Deferred Exchanges of real property
    • Corporate/partnership/limited liability company real estate holdings
    • Dispute mediation, commercial litigation regarding adverse possession, boundaries and actions to quiet title

    Complex real estate transactions

    Most of the firm's real estate practice focuses on matters pertaining to commercial acquisitions, development, zoning and finance. Our attorneys and staff have worked with virtually all of the primary financial institutions in Virginia and with most of the commercial mortgage lenders on the eastern seaboard as well as with the Small Business Administration, SBA Loans the Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD 221(d)(4) Loans and other governmental related lending programs. 

    Our firm has earned particular recognition among government entities and successful corporations for our handling of building and development cases involving conservation easements, property land use and zoning and environmental law.

    For information on our commercial real estate services, please contact any of the following shareholders : 

  • John W. Anderson
  • Brian R. Marron
  • J. Thomas O'Brien, Jr.
  • Michael J. Rothermel
  • Meade A. Spotts
  • R. Lee Stephens, Jr.
  • Spotts Fain Provides A Full Range of Services for Builders, Developers and Investors

    Selected Recent Zoning and Commercial Real Estate Decisions

    August 20, 2010 - Michael Yager, a Legal Assistant in our Litigation Section, will speak at a NALA LIVE! presentation on electronic discovery, "E-Discovery - Slow Down the Train" 

    January 27, 2010 - We are proud to announce that Spotts Fain Managing Director, Hugh M. Fain, III has been elected Chair of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Bar Association

    December, 2009 - Spotts Fain congratulates our shareholders named in the 2009 Legal Elite list published by Virginia Business magazine.  They are Meade Spotts, Legislative/Regulatory; Hugh Fain, Civil Litigation; Betsy Davis, Labor and Employment; and Dana McDaniel, Intellectual Property. 

    December 1, 2009 - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination - article by Betsy Davis

    October 29, 2009 - Betsy Davis spoke on Recent Changes in Employment Law at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

    October 27, 2009 - Spotts Fain presented, Commercial Landlords and Tenants: Planning for and Dealing with Bankruptcy, presenters were Jen West and John Anderson

    October 26, 2009 - Comments on President Obama's proposal to increase lending limits on SBA loans, by Tom O'Brien

    October 21, 2009 - GINA is Coming - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - article by Betsy Davis

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