State and city governmental bodies, owners, real estate developers and construction companies seek out Venable LLP for its expertise. Kenneth Roberts in Chicago spearheads the team, focusing on keeping his clients’ capital improvement projects within budget and schedule and resolving potential disputes outside the courtroom. Fellow Chicago-based and deputy team leader Heidi Rowe is experienced in contract drafting and negotiation, as well as contract enforcement and claims management. Chicago’s Jonathan Freilich represents design professionals in projects ranging from home remodeling to commercial and infrastructure. In Washington, Amanda Schermer MacVey advises on construction transactions during which she anticipates and works towards resolving commercial disputes before they materialize. Seasoned New York litigator Russell Wolfson recently joined the practice. Alongside Chicago’s Katherine Peluso, he is advising InvestMates Real Estate on its mixed-use development project worth $150 million.
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Auszeichnungen
Mandantenzufriedenheit
Kernmandanten
- Metropolitan Council
- InvestMates Real Estate
- East Coast infrastructure Mediation
- Sterling Bay
- A major university hospital
Highlight-Mandate
- Acting as counsel on the 14.5-mile extension of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota’s Green Line light rail line. The multi-billion-dollar, multi-year complex infrastructure project is located in an urban environment, is highly politically charged, will create 16 new stations, and will be part of an integrated system of transitways serving downtown Minneapolis and four adjacent communities.
- Advising InvestMates Real Estate on the client’s construction project at 19-37 Clay Street, Brooklyn, NY, which will be 100,000 square feet of mixed-use development (commercial, residential, and community facility). The project involves renovating an existing warehouse, demolishing another warehouse, and constructing a fifteen-story building.
- Serving as outside construction counsel to Sterling Bay which develops residential, office, life science, industrial, and mixed-use projects, including a 50-acre mega-development known as Lincoln Yards on the North Side of Chicago. This will include residential, office, retail, and entertainment properties at an estimated cost of $5-to-$6 billion. The project could receive up to $1.3 billion in TIF (tax increment financing) funds.
Anwält*innen
Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Praxisleitung
Kenneth Roberts
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Heidi Rowe; Jonathan Freilich; Amanda Schermer MacVey; Russell Wolfson; Katherine Peluso