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Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Whether you are planning, developing, or investing in a real estate project, you cannot afford uncertainty or delays. Your legal team must understand this urgency, as well as the intricacies and complexities of your industry, to provide swift solutions, propel your projects, and support your business.

AVILA’s real estate team has over 30 years of experience representing clients throughout every stage of development and on all sides of a transaction, including first-time and international investors, seasoned property owners, developers, borrowers, lenders and servicers, and all kinds of projects across various industries. Our lawyers often manage the multiple components of complex residential and commercial real estate transactions.

We don’t just know the real estate market, we understand it.

Each project is unique, and one solution does not fit all. That’s why we have developed a comprehensive real estate practice, working across all practice areas, to provide personalized counsel to meet the needs of sophisticated clients locally, nationally and internationally.

No matter the size or complexity of your real estate project, our attorneys are committed to “Achieving results, together.”

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Our clients include:

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  • Hotel and resort properties
  • Mixed use projects
  • Residential and multifamily projects
  • Office and headquarter buildings
  • Retail projects
  • Architects and engineers
  • Contractors and construction companies
  • Luxury residential projects

AVILA’s real estate team represents clients in connection with acquisitions, development, divestment, leasing matters, and land use regulations. Our straightforward approach to the nuanced process of government approvals and entitlement procurement allows our clients to efficiently move their projects forward.

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  • Acquisitions and dispositions
  • Lending
    • Acquisition
    • Refinancing
    • Mezzanine
    • Bridge and construction loans
  • Tax-deferred exchanges
    • FIRPTA withholding coordination with clients’ CPAs and advisors
  • Commercial leasing
  • Construction, architect and engineer contracts
  • Architectural review and landmark designation
  • Comprehensive planning
Representative matters

Represented Guernsey-based GoldenPeaks Capital Real Estate, an investment and management company, in its $125,000,000 acquisition of the luxury SLS South Beach Hotel.

Represented Pensam Capital, a Miami-Based real estate investment firm in an acquisition of six multifamily properties located in central/north Florida, South Carolina and Iowa totaling 1,570 apartments.

Represented Magna RE (Buenos Aires) in its first U.S. investment – a $175,000,000 capitalization of The Gencom Group, one of the largest owners of the Ritz-Carlton flagged hotels.

Licensing, corporate, mergers and acquisitions

  • Bank mergers & acquisitions
  • Representation of foreign institutions and individuals in acquisition and investment in domestic financial institutions
  • Representation before all federal and state regulatory agencies
  • Foreign bank operations in the U.S., including establishment of branches, agencies, and representative offices
  • Capital raises and investments
  • Establishment and representation of de novo banks
  • Bank holding company formation and regulation
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Representative matters

Represented Bando de Credito e Inversiones, S.A. (BCI) in connection with its $883 million acquisition of City National Bank of Florida from Spanish bank Bankia, S.A., including U.S. regulatory filings.

Represented BCI and City National Bank of Florida in the acquisition of Total Bank in Miami from Banco Santander.

Represented BCI and City National Bank of Florida in the acquisition of Executive National Bank in Miami, FL.

Represented Banesco USA in the acquisition of Brickell Bank (f/k/a Espirito Santo Bank.)

Represented Continental National Bank in the sale of the bank to First American Bank.

Represented a foreign individual investor in the acquisition of Intercredit Bank N.A.

Represented a foreign individual investor in the acquisition of Anchor Bank in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Represented BAC Florida in the sale of the bank to Brazilian bank Bradesco.

Represented other domestic and foreign financial institutions and individuals in establishing broker-dealer and registered investment advisor operations in the U.S.

Represented the shareholders of Union Credit Bank in the sale of a controlling interest to the Apollo Group.

Represented numerous foreign banks in establishing representative offices, agencies, and branch offices in the U.S.

Obtain money services business licenses for money transmitters, check cashers, payment instrument sellers, stored value card issuers and money exchange businesses in various states.

Obtain licensing and analyze licensing requirements for mortgage lenders, servicers, and brokers in various states.

We offer assistance with:

Acquisitions and dispositions
Commercial leasing
Construction, architect and engineer contracts
Lending
  • Acquisition
  • Refinancing
  • Mezzanine
  • Bridge and construction loans
Tax-deferred exchanges
  • FIRPTA withholding coordination with clients’ CPAs and advisors
Architectural review and landmark designation
Comprehensive planning
Representative matters

Represented Guernsey-based GoldenPeaks Capital Real Estate, an investment and management company, in its $125,000,000 acquisition of the luxury SLS South Beach Hotel.

Represented Pensam Capital, a Miami-Based real estate investment firm in an acquisition of six multifamily properties located in central/north Florida, South Carolina and Iowa totaling 1,570 apartments.

Represented Magna RE (Buenos Aires) in its first U.S. investment – a $175,000,000 capitalization of The Gencom Group, one of the largest owners of the Ritz-Carlton flagged hotels.

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Meet the Team

  • MAGGIE BARRETO TERCILLA

    Partner
  • JUAN CARLOS CURA

    Partner
  • SIMON FERRO

    Partner
  • RENE MURAI

    Partner
  • DANIEL SANCHEZ-GALARRAGA

    Senior Counsel

Contact our real estate, zoning & land use group

2525 Ponce de Leon Boulevard,
Penthouse 12th Floor
Coral Gables, Florida 33134-6049
P: 305-779-3560
info@avilalaw.com

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