The Miller Johnson Real Estate practice group is made up of Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Corporate Real Estate, and Renewable Energy.
Our Real Estate attorneys are well versed in a broad spectrum of knowledge including Renewable Energy and Solar, development, condominiums, zoning and entitlement, acquisitions, leasing, affordable housing, 1031 exchange, and tax incentive projects. We can help you successfully navigate through the oftentimes confusing and overwhelming aspects of real property law.
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Matt Van Dyk
Practice Chair
Matthew B. Van Dyk is chair of the firm’s Real Estate practices. He has practiced real estate law since 2004. Mr. Van Dyk represents the full range of clients involved in real estate – from individuals to developers, from architects to owners, from construction contractors to tenants.
Services we provide include:
- Acquisition and sales
- Financing, including interim, construction, and permanent conventional loans, leveraged leases, sale leasebacks,
- Land use matters of all kinds, including zoning, planning, special use permits, variances and related local and state regulation
- Leasing and landlord tenant matters
- Condominium development, association matters, and representation in sales and purchases of units
- Remedies, including land contract and mortgage forfeiture and foreclosure and related litigation
- Construction contracts, including work for owners, contractors, architects, engineers, subcontractors, bonding companies, and suppliers, in all different forms of construction delivery mechanisms such as design-build, multi-prime, construction management, and traditional design-bid-build
- Distressed property transactions
- Foreclosures
- Environmental risk minimization and compliance with environmental laws
- Property tax matters of all kind, including assessment, appeals, abatements, and exemptions
- Condemnation and eminent domain proceedings
- Real estate tax incentives, including property tax abatement, new markets tax credits, historic tax credits, renaissance zones, low income housing tax credits and the like
- Vacation of public streets and alleys
We work with:
- Sellers and buyers of real estate and real estate interests
- Brokers and property tax managers
- Construction companies, including general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, construction managers, design build firms, and owners with construction needs
- Landlords and tenants
- Condominium developers, condominium associations and condo buyers and sellers
- Lenders and borrowers in real estate financing transactions
- Architects, engineers and other real estate service providers
- Cannabis businesses
- Businesses within the telecom sector
Real Estate Practice Spotlight
Jacob Eccleston joined the firm as an Associate in the Real Estate practice in May. Jacob has been practicing law since 2019. He focuses his practice on real estate and municipal, planning, and zoning law.
Since joining the firm Jacob has already spoke at the State Bar Great Lakes Legal Conference and attended attended the 14th Annual Young Lawyers Summit presented by the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section.
Renewable Energy
Miller Johnson’s Renewable Energy service area has extensive experience working with clients on renewable energy matters involving the U.S. energy sector, counseling developers and merchant power providers. We experience is in connection with projects relating to solar and wind energy generation.
