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The BMD Orlando Team Closes $81.5 Million Real Estate Land Transaction

Client Spotlight, News Article

The BMD Orlando Team successfully closed a $81.5 million and 1,800-acre real estate land transaction as part of a massive land deal. The legal team included BMD Member and lead attorney Robert Q. Lee, Senior Counsel Kim Gray, Member Scott Rost, Senior Counsel Audrey Wanich, paralegal support from Jacquie Carson and Sylvie Camille, along with administrative support from Natalie Ortiz. The team represented Arnold Groves and Ranch, Ltd. in the sale of 1,800 acres of real estate to GT USA, which may be the largest contiguous land sale in Central Florida.

With BMD’s collaborative efforts, Senior Counsel Kim Nguyen Gray’s led the transaction and negotiations to a successful closing. BMD Member Robert Q. Lee brought his extensive national real estate experience to this complex transaction that involved developer type ancillary transactions/agreements, including right of first refusal and retainage parcels carve outs, developer rights and agreements, access and utility easements, agricultural leases, wildlife corridor reservation, complicated generational title issue clean-ups, and more.

Read more about this record-setting deal in this Orlando Business Journal article. (You will need a subscription to the Orlando Business Journal to read this article.)

Contact one of these Orlando real estate team members: Senior Counsel Kim Gray at 689.220.4264, Member Scott Rost at 407.634.4590, or Senior Counsel Audrey Wanich at 407.362.1755.


Social Enterprises Show Us that Business with a Purpose is Possible

On Feb. 17, the Young Lawyers Section of The Jacksonville Bar Association held its Ninth Annual Young Lawyers Section Chili Cook-Off at the Riverside Arts Market, which benefited Rethreaded, a local nonprofit.

BMD's Daphne Kackloudis Drafting Legislation Seeking Additional Funding for Children Born Addicted to Opioids

BMD's Daphne Kackloudis has been working with her client, Brigid's Path, to help them gain access to additional federal funds for their mission. She has drafted legislation which would do just that. The CRIB Act would amend the Social Security Act to allow Medicaid reimbursement for residential pediatric recovery centers such as Brigid's Path. Congressman Turner is going to ask Sen. Portman to amend his opioid bill (CARA 2.0) to include the CRIB Act.

BMD Seeking Recovery for Opioid Losses on behalf of Summit County and its Political Subdivisions

As the opioid epidemic continues to take its toll on our community, its resources and straining the already tight budgets, Brennan Manna & Diamond, on behalf of Summit County and its political subdivisions, filed a complaint against those companies that make or distribute prescription opioids seeking recovery of the County's losses as a result of the opioid crisis.

BMD 2018 OHIO SUPER LAWYERS AND OHIO RISING STARS

BMD 2018 Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars

BMD an Early Adopter of the City of Columbus' "Pay Equity Pledge"

BMD an Early Adopter of the City of Columbus "Pay Equity Pledge"