J. Mark Burton

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented construction lender in providing construction loans to develop shopping centers anchored by big box retailers across the Southeast.
• Represented real estate developers in the purchase of underleased shopping centers, which were refurbished, re-tenanted and flipped as part of tax-deferred 1031 exchanges.
• Served as lead counsel for money center bank in a $100 million revolving credit line for a builder/developer.
• Represented real estate investor in the purchase of 25-story office building.
• Represented public university in a public/private partnership utilized to purchase and develop buildings on and off campus for modification into classrooms, offices, housing, restaurants and retail.
• Represented various auto dealer groups in sales and purchases of auto dealerships, including the purchase of a multi-brand dealership and subsequent purchase and consolidation of adjoining parcels, opening and rerouting of access roads and relocation of other auto dealerships to a newly created “auto mall.”
• Represented a national title insurance company in a complex title matter on a $60 million dollar national hotel chain property.
• Advised numerous mineral and energy clients on real estate-related sales and dispositions.
• Lead counsel for bank seeking to make secured multi-million dollar loan to pay off bondholders of coal land company.
• Counsel to various lending institutions in loan workouts and restructurings, forbearance agreements, deed-in-lieu transactions and foreclosure of various commercial properties.
• Represented receivers in various commercial loan foreclosures.
• Provided local counsel opinions in connection with a variety of multi-state loan transactions.
• Represented landlords and tenants in various commercial lease transactions.