Commercial Property

Who we act for in commercial property matters

Our clients range from large national institutional corporate fund managers to private companies and private individuals. Our recent matters include acting for:

• an institutional national fund selling a $115M commercial property in Queensland
• due diligence on a private barrier reef island resort for $30M 
• a steel fabrication contractor in the successful resolution of a major dispute on a landmark federal government military base
• a not-for-profit specialist educational services client in the construction of a specialist school
• advising property developers on termination rights under “sunset clauses” in off the plan sales contracts
• large National Childcare Providers, operators and franchise networks with site acquisitions and leasing arrangements
• high net wealth families and individuals with land and property acquisitions, development and leasing arrangements. 

COMMERCIAL LEASING

1. We act for many property landlords in retail, industrial and commercial Leases.
2. We can assist property owners in commercial leasing in preparation of leases through to dispute resolution.
3. Our clients include large commercial management funds, to private companies and private individuals owning commercial office towers, retail shopping centres, medical centres, service stations and childcare centres.
4. Each of these different properties have unique requirements and specific characteristics that need to be carefully considered.
5. We also act for Lessees, including small business owners, medical centre operators, dentists, retail tenants and professional practitioners, restaurants, childcare operators, service station owners, and many others.
6. We take the time to understand each client’s business needs and work for them to ensure fair and reasonable Lease terms.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DISPUTES

7. Our team also manages commercial property disputes including:
8. • Leasing disputes;
   • Lease termination;
   • Lease terms enforcements;
   • Specific performance;
   • Injunctions;
   • Declarations; and
   • For forfeitures.

8. We have recently acted for:
9. • Medical centre operation in a dispute with a large national retail landlord, successfully litigating to enforce their Lease of premises when the Landlord had tried to terminate;

• • A service station owner in the enforcement of a maintenance and repair covenant;

• • A national transport company in enforcement of a right to have hard stand concrete areas repaired and replaced; and

• • A commercial proprietary owner in dispute over neighbour demolishing a building causing nuisance.

DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY

9. From land subdivisions, large or small to commercial property developments, we can assist.
10. Our dedicated team of lawyers have a wealth of experience to make your development project a success.
11. We have acted for many land developers in acquiring and developing residential, industrial and commercial projects. Each of these has different characteristics
12. We can assist in drafting contract terms undertaking legal due diligence through to subdivision and sale of individual lots.

JOINT VENTURES

13. We have many clients for who enter into joint venture arrangements in the purchase and development of property for land subdivision to commercial property constructions, leasing or sale.
14. We assist our clients in joint ventures by advising on suitable structures such as trusts or companies and on shareholders or unit holder agreements.
15. Whatever the project, getting the terms of the joint venture agreement right, getting the related documents right and doing a proper due diligence and feasibility are all essential to success.
     

How we help our commercial property clients

• Property purchases and sales — commercial, residential, retail and rural. 
• Property easing — commercial, retail and industrial 
• Real estate and retail properties for shopping centres
• Due diligence
• Contract set-up and negotiation 
• Dispute mediation and settlement
• Resumptions and compensation claims
• Valuation appeals
• Easements and other user rights
• Body corporate and community management advice
• Community titles schemes documentation and establishment
• Commercial and industrial leasing
• Project finance – from major institutional lenders to private specialist funders
• We are expert commercial real estate lawyers

Multilingual Lawyers

We have lawyers in our team who are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Korean, Malaysian, Hindi, French and Afrikaans.