Real Estate

New Mexico real estate encompasses a broad variety of types and uses office, industrial, multi-family, retail, mixed-use, rural and urban vacant land, and ranching and agriculture. Our real estate attorneys provide legal counsel in each of these contexts for buyers and sellers, borrowers and lenders, industrial and commercial developers, and commercial landlords and tenants. Our services regularly include negotiation and drafting of documents, due diligence, title review, and land use and subdivision compliance. We get to know our clients businesses and we build lasting relationships that further the long-term goals of our clients.

Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Clients seek us out for the acquisition, development, leasing, financing, and construction of industrial and commercial real estate from negotiation to closing. With the firms long history in New Mexico and our team of seasoned professionals, we work effectively with title companies, government officials, opposing counsel, and real estate professionals to manage our clients transactions efficiently.

New Mexico is a checkerboard of private, state, federal and Indian lands. Our real estate team assists all types of clients in navigating the complex issues that arise from this diverse landscape. We regularly work with water rights, title issues, and coordination of surface and mineral estate ownership and uses. We handle transactions involving Indian lands and land grants. We work on federal and state leases, rights of way, and land exchanges. Our familiarity with issues that are unique to New Mexico is instrumental to the success of our clients transactions.

Development and Land Use

From rural energy and agricultural uses to urban infill projects, New Mexico is full of development opportunities. Energy developers of all types regularly turn to us to help with siting, financing, and structuring their projects. Our real estate lawyers work closely with our water rights, environmental, and public lands lawyers to guide businesses through the unique title, mineral, and water issues that energy projects raise. We assist with tax abatement processes, such as the issuance of industrial revenue bonds and applying for state tax incentives.

Our lawyers also regularly assist urban developers, whether a greenfield project, redevelopment opportunity, tax incentive transaction or public-private partnership. We represent condominium and hotel developers, senior living facilities, nonprofit redevelopment agencies, and real estate investment companies. Clients rely on us to represent their real estate interests in land use, subdivision, and zoning processes. We offer thoughtful guidance and structure well-planned deals to achieve our clients objectives, even in the most complex transactions.

Leasing

Our lawyers have a range of experience in sophisticated leasing transactions, including shopping centers, industrial sites, hotels, and mixed-use developments. We have expertise reviewing complex commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. Our lawyers frequently leverage their knowledge of state and federal leasing procedures to assist companies who lease public lands for various purposes, including energy development, cattle operations, and industrial uses.