Musa Baker-El
Ancient Acres Property Investments and Design
Ancient Acres Property Investments and Design, a.k.a AAPID.LLC handles transactions involving the acquisition or disposition of multiple parcels of property across all asset types—retail, office, hotel, industrial, medical, institutional, mixed-use, research and development, biotech, and multifamily. In addition, our lawyers also regularly advise national, regional, and local developers in constructing and rehabilitating mixed-use, transit-oriented, and commercial and industrial properties, and multifamily housing complexes.
Our Services and Our Team
Acquisitions and Dispositions
We routinely work with our land use, construction, environmental, corporate, and tax colleagues to structure each transaction to meet our clients' needs, determining the most appropriate experience and staffing needed to best structure, execute, and then close the deal. Our lawyers and professional staff are equipped to handle all of the following:
the review of title documents, surveys, and title insurance commitments
the negotiation and drafting of real estate documents
the formation of business entities to address liability and tax issues
the investigation, analysis, and risk allocation of environmental matters
the due diligence and analysis required to obtain any federal, state, and local permits or approvals
Development
Our development lawyers provide a wide range of services to our developer clients that include these services:
deal structuring
joint venture negotiation
acquisition documentation
financing
permitting and approval strategy and implementation
due diligence in all phases (physical, environmental, title, and existing permitting)
drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts
In all cases, we work with our colleagues across our offices in land use, construction, environmental, corporate, and tax to provide our developer clients with the highest level and most efficient legal advice and service.