Jonathan D. Andrews
Represents developers in land use and zoning matters. Advises on municipal approvals for industrial, distribution, energy, utility, retail, mixed use, and residential projects.
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Mixed-use developments bring different uses, owners, and stakeholders into one coordinated project. We advise developers, investors, and public entities on the structures and approvals that help complex communities work as a whole.
Our focus
Mixed-use developments require each part of the project to work together. Decisions involving phasing and access can affect residential and commercial components differently. Shared infrastructure and public spaces may also create responsibilities that continue long after construction is complete. We help clients establish a legal framework around the full development rather than treating each use separately. Our team’s certified community planner brings a unique perspective that helps our clients achieve their vision for the community.
We advise developers, investors, and property owners from site acquisition and government approvals through financing, construction, and leasing. Our work also includes the agreements and governance structures that define how different portions of the development will interact.
Some projects redevelop underused properties, while others create new communities in several phases. We help clients coordinate the interests of development partners and lenders. Municipalities, commercial tenants, and future property owners may also influence the strategy as the project advances.
Mixed-use development draws on experience across real estate, construction, and corporate law. Environmental requirements or disputes may shape the work as well. We bring those perspectives together while keeping the client’s vision for the project and its long-term operation in view.
We negotiate leases that support the tenant mix and operating plan for the development. Our work addresses how individual premises interact with shared facilities and the project as a whole.
We help clients structure construction relationships around project phasing and shared infrastructure. When issues arise, we consider how delays or changes in one component may affect the wider development.
We establish governance structures for developments with multiple ownership interests and shared property. Our work includes governing documents, cost allocations, and transitions as the community moves into operation.
We advise borrowers and lenders on financing mixed-use projects with multiple components or phases. Our attorneys coordinate the financing structure with the development plan and the property securing the transaction.
We help clients secure approvals for projects that combine residential, commercial, and other uses. Our work addresses density and parking requirements, as well as traffic and public improvements that may affect the development.
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Jeffrey Esch McCombie
Provides strategic analysis and advice to developers and property owners related to real estate and the entitlement and land use process in Pennsylvania.
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