Overview
Fredrikson & Byron’s Ames office serves businesses in the areas of real estate, construction and business planning. Our attorneys advise real estate developers, landowners, lenders, agribusinesses, and business owners. The team’s comprehensive real estate and construction practice includes commercial and residential development, real estate transactions including title examinations and closings, purchase agreements, real estate and construction contract drafting, review and negotiation, leasing, multi-family and landowner matters, landlord/tenant matters, homeowners’ association law and disputes, municipal development and zoning matters, and business and non-profit formation.
Our team assists agribusiness clients, from family farm startups to larger ag entities, with real estate acquisitions and sales and assisting in corporate structuring and governance, and also help developers and individuals with real estate gifting arrangements and the legal and tax issues involved in gifting.