Real Estate Transactions & Legal Representations 

EKM Law, PLLC represents and advises clients on all aspects of commercial mixed use real estate transactions, including:

• Acquisitions and dispositions (in fee and lease)

• Retail leases and licenses

• Air rights

• Interests in and encumbrances against real property (easements, reciprocal easement agreements, covenants, Urban Renewal Plans)

• Transit oriented developments (including transactions involving FHWA approvals)

• Finance agreements, including traditional debt and equity financing, tax increment financing (TIFs), payment in lieu of tax (PILOT), EB5, low income housing tax credit (LIHTC), new market tax credits (NMTC), and historic tax credits (HTC), and the inter creditor agreements associated with financing agreements.

• Construction agreements

• District specific agreements (grants, donation agreements)

• Public space issues and permits

• Affordable housing agreements and agreements

• Legislative drafting

• Landuse and zoning entitlements

• TOPA

• Condominium Conversions

• Historical Title Research

• First Source Agreements

• CBE Agreements, compliance and structuring

Get the help you need on your real estate development projects. 

EKM Law, PLLC can help you move your real estate project forward, including:

• Identifying, and formulating solutions to your real legal and practical issues

• Identifying litigation risks and strategizing ways to mitigate identified litigation risks

• Identifying the federal, state, municipal and District agencies needed to move your project forward

Get the help you need in your collaborations and projects with District and federal agencies, including:

•  District Agencies:  DMPED, OAG, DGS, DDOT, DCRA, OCFO, DHCD, DOEE, DFEMS, OP, ANC, ABRA, OCP, OCA, DPR, DSLBD, DOES, ROD, MPD, DC Council, DC Archives, and the DC Surveyor.

•  Quasi-District Agencies and Multi-jurisdictional Entities:   DC Water, Destination DC, WMATA, DCHA, DCHFA, and issues related to the dissolved NCRC, RLARC, and AWC.

• Federal Agencies:  EPA, DOE, DOJ, DOI (including NPS and FWS), DOC, NOAA, USDA, DOD, FEMA, DOS, USTR, HUD, GSA, CEQ, OMB, NSF, SBA EOP, HUD, FHWA, GSA, NPS, ACHP, CFA, NCPC and AOC.

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