Taft’s Real Estate group has been ranked as the #2 Top Law Firm by Midwest Real Estate News in its annual “Best of the Best” issue. The honor is based on the number of real estate transactions performed by the group in 2015.  To view the issue, click here.

Taft’s real estate team is made up of more than 55 attorneys across our Midwest offices. Our attorneys offer a full range of services related to the acquisition, entitlement, disposition, complex financing, leasing, management and use of real estate. We bring a wide range of real-world practical experience, coupled with an extensive network of real estate and financial industry contacts, to create successful outcomes for our clients.

Our Real Estate group also was honored this year by Best Lawyers in America as a 2016 National Tier One Real Estate Firm.

Kathryn Kovitz Arnold chairs the group. The majority of the Real Estate group’s work involves properties in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, but members of the group have significant experience in transactions throughout the U.S.

Taft’s commercial real estate services include:

• Acquisition and development of real estate
• Leases
• Financing
• Sales, exchanges and other dispositions of real estate
• Construction contracts
• Tax advice/Tax Increment Financing
• Land Use
• Zoning
• REIT Services
• Litigation