REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Rob’s recent representative experience includes:
Data Center, Contact Center and Colocation Facilities
- Representing a client in the development, leasing and sale of 56 Marietta, one of the nation’s premier carrier neutral data centers/interconnect facilities.
- Representing a client in the development, leasing and sale of several build-to-suit data centers and contact centers throughout the United States.
- Representing a developer of wholesale and enterprise data centers throughout the United States.
Office Properties
- Representing a financial services company in leasing office space throughout the United States.
- Representing a client in the development, leasing and sale of a Class-A office project in Midtown Atlanta.
- Representing a client in the development and leasing of two of the premier Class-A office buildings in downtown Columbia, South Carolina.
Industrial Properties
- Representing a consumer products company in leasing warehouse and distribution space throughout the United States.
- Representing a client in the acquisition of land and negotiation of a sale-leaseback of a corporate campus and research and design facility for a California-based satellite manufacturer.
- Representing a client in the 800,000-square-foot build-to-suit lease for a distribution center in Georgia.
- Representing a client in the 750,000-square-foot build-to-suit lease for a distribution center in California.
- Representing a client in the 300,000-square-foot lease for a distribution center in Florida.
- Representing one of the nation’s largest wall board distributors in acquisition, leasing and property management issues throughout the Southeast.
Retail Properties
- Representing a client in the formation of programmatic joint venture to acquire approximately $1 billion of retail properties.
- Representing a client in the development and leasing of shopping centers and lifestyle centers in Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama.
- Representing one of the world’s largest retailers in acquisition, development and leasing matters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Mixed-Use Projects
- Representation of an institutional apartment developer in connection with a residential, retail and hotel development involving apartments located above ground floor retail.
- Development, leasing and sale of a 625-acre project with residential and office components and a retail component anchored by a Wal-Mart Super Center.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2005–2011)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Member, Urban Land Institute, Atlanta Chapter
- Associate Member, U.S. Green Building Council
- Board of Editors, Retail Law Strategist
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Quoted, “Agree to ‘Landlord Leasing Covenant’ to Keep Center Free of Exclusives,” Commercial Lease Law Insider (August 2007)
- Author, “Landlord Strategies for Addressing Exclusive Use Rights in Leases,” Retail Law Strategist (April 2006)
- Speaker, “Is Your Estoppel Certificate Enforceable?” 2011 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 26-28, 2011)
- Speaker, "CAM Costs, Caps, Audits and New Ideas: The View from Both Sides of the Table," 2010 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (November 3 - 6, 2010)
- Speaker, “Advanced Assignment and Subletting Issues,” Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Georgia State Bar (January 14, 2010)
- Speaker, “Lease Assignments and Subleases: Distinctions with a Difference,” 2009 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 21-24, 2009)
- Speaker, “Enforceability of Estoppel Certificates,” 2009 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 21-24, 2009)
- Moderator, “Healthcare’s Pulse - Trends and Opportunities for a Healthy Development Strategy,” 2009 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Seminar (June 2009)
- Speaker, “Sustainability and Green Issues in Retail Development,” 2008 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference (October 22–25, 2008)
- Speaker, “Drafting Commercial Real Estate Leases: The Ins and Outs of Protecting Your Interests,” National Business Institute Seminar (August 16, 2007)
- Speaker, “Opening the Door for Multiple Offers: A Practical Guide for Real Estate Sales,” Lorman Education Services National Conference Call (July 2007)
- Speaker, “Advanced Lease Issues from an Operational Perspective,” International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Law Conference (October 2006)
- Speaker, “Drafting Commercial Real Estate Leases: The Ins and Outs of Protecting Your Interests,” National Business Institute Seminar (March 2006)
- Speaker, “Basic Commercial Leases in Georgia,” Lorman Education Services Seminar (February 2004)
- Speaker, “Drafting and Negotiating Georgia Commercial Real Estate Leases,” National Business Institute Seminar (May 2003)
- Speaker, “Summary of Georgia Landlord-Tenant Law for Commercial Leases,” 2002 Real Property Law Institute (May 2002)
- Speaker, “Telecom, ‘Dot-com’ and High-Tech Leasing,” 2000 Real Property Law Institute (May 2000)
