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Some of the largest home builders and developers in the country depend on McNair to handle all of their real estate needs throughout South Carolina. No matter what your real estate goals are, we are here to help you achieve them. We represent many commercial property owners and developers, large landlords and tenants, and commercial lenders.
Our legal team will provide you with focused advice and experience, giving both sides a smooth closing to realize the benefits of the project. We have experience with due diligence issues, environmental liability, title, deed and other problems during negotiation, and use the full resources of our firm to provide all the services you’ll need for completion.
Press Releases
- McNair Receives National Honor and 27 Tier One Rankings in 2019 Best Law FirmsNovember 1, 2018
- 50 McNair Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America 2019August 15, 2018
- McNair Law Firm Partners with City of Greenville to Preserve Greenville SummitJune 28, 2018
- Chambers USA Recognizes McNair as Leading Firm in 2018 EditionMay 3, 2018
- In Memoriam - Lynn Gatlin Stevens - 1959-2018April 7, 2018
- McNair Receives National Honor and 25 Tier One Rankings in 2018 Best Law FirmsNovember 1, 2017
- Six McNair Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year”August 24, 2017
- Nine McNair Attorneys Named Among Legal Elite of the UpstateAugust 3, 2017
- McNair Expands Real Estate Team with the Addition of Jon "Will" Campbell, Jr.July 19, 2017
- Chambers USA Recognizes McNair as Leading Firm in 2017June 1, 2017
- Twenty-Three McNair Attorneys Named in 2017 Edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®April 26, 2017
- McNair Receives National and Metropolitan Honors in 2017 Best Law FirmsNovember 1, 2016
- Six McNair Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year"August 24, 2016
- 54 McNair Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017August 15, 2016
- Chambers USA® Recognizes McNair as Leading Firm in 2016June 6, 2016
- Twenty-Three McNair Attorneys Named in 2016 Edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®April 28, 2016
- McNair Attorneys Named Among Legal Elite of the UpstateAugust 3, 2015
- Chambers USA® Recognizes McNair as Leading Firm in 2015May 20, 2015
- McNair Expands Real Estate Practice with Bhumi PatelDecember 16, 2014
- McNair Welcomes Real Estate Associate David MartinSeptember 5, 2014
- McNair Attorneys Named Among Legal Elite of the UpstateAugust 4, 2014
- Chambers USA® Recognizes McNair as Leading Firm in 2014May 23, 2014
- David Santos Joins McNair Law Firm, P.A.October 4, 2013
- Five McNair Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year" for 2014September 17, 2013
- McNair Ranked on 2013 “Best Law Firms” List By U.S. News Best Lawyers®November 1, 2012
- McNair Recognized By Chambers USA® in its 2012 EditionJune 15, 2012
- McNair Recognized by CHAMBERS USA® in its 2011 EditionJune 15, 2011
- Thirteen McNair Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in South Carolina Super Lawyers 2011®April 1, 2011
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Artigliere, Adam R.Special Counsel - Greenville, SC
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Blumenthal, Jennifer C.Shareholder - Charleston, SC
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Boney, Durham T.Shareholder - Columbia, SC
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Boone Jr., J. Sidney Of Counsel - Charleston, SC
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Bramlett, Sharon C.Special Counsel - Columbia, SC
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Campbell, Jr., Jon WilliamAssociate - Columbia, SC
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Gentry, M. RyanShareholder - Columbia, SC
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Griffin, Cary S.Shareholder - Hilton Head Is., SC - Bluffton, SC
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Martin, David L.Associate - Hilton Head Is., SC
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McInnis, Judith L.Shareholder - Columbia, SC
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Moore Jr., James B.Shareholder - Charleston, SC
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Nester III, Walter J.Shareholder - Hilton Head Is., SC - Bluffton, SC
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Norris, Brandon T.Shareholder - Greenville, SC
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Padgett Jr., Lucas C.Shareholder - Charleston, SC
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Patel, Bhumi A.Associate - Myrtle Beach, SC
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Pruehs, Bret T.Shareholder - Hilton Head Is., SC
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Robertson, Sarah F.Shareholder - Bluffton, SC - Hilton Head Is., SC
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Santos, David F.Shareholder - Charleston, SC
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Stanton, Robin C.Shareholder - Columbia, SC
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Tigges, David J.Managing Shareholder - Hilton Head Is., SC - Columbia, SC
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Williams, Donald M.Shareholder - Charleston, SC
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Our lawyers will assist you to get your shopping center, office, manufacturing, hotel and resort, health care, mixed-use or residential development project done right. Using the experience we’ve gained from working with the key players in the development process, we will assist you to make your next project work:
- Get regulatory and land use approvals
- Write the development agreement
- Manage environmental due diligence
- Negotiate and close loans and development incentives
Example of our Services
McNair handled all the legal work for a significant 100-acre mixed use project in the greater Charleston, South Carolina area. The project involved a mix of retail, office and service operations, including a number of national companies, and the full resources of our firm helped our client over a period of two years with everything from land acquisition to zoning approval, and from financing to leasing. Much of the land for the project had restrictive covenants that required negotiation, and there were also significant environmental and water management issues involved. The project came in on time, and we are now helping with leasing and tenanting of the facilities.
McNair works with builders of single-family homes, residential subdivisions, townhouses, planned communities, mixed-use developments and affordable housing projects on all aspects of taking projects from conception to completion. We use our regional contacts to help national builders be successful in the Carolinas by introducing them to developers and lenders, then work with them through the entire development process.
In addition to handling the acquisition and lot sales transactions, our lawyers oversee the requisite engineering and governmental approvals. Once the land is acquired, we take care of any necessary details involving title insurance, use and development covenants, environmental issues and reciprocal easement arrangements. And after project completion, we often advise homeowner and condominium associations on their ongoing responsibilities.
Example of our Services
Our national home building and development client ran into significant environmental problems with a 700-acre, 4,000 unit residential project. After the project had already begun, the Army Corps of Engineers determined that some of the land had been used as practice bombing target areas during World War II, and that the developer had to stop work and handle the environmental remediation.
McNair’s real estate and environmental lawyers secured the services of one of only six companies in the country that were qualified by the Corps to do the necessary cleanup, and our fast action in getting the work underway saved our client from a lengthy delay – and potentially millions of dollars in extra cost that an extended holdup would have caused.
Our knowledge of and working relationships with development authorities throughout the Carolinas are the keys to our effective land use and zoning practice. McNair lawyers are skilled at the political process that makes zoning regulation one of the biggest challenges facing residential property developers. We often secure the crucial municipal approval of permits and zoning applications (including appeals) on a time sensitive basis.
We work with the municipal or county departments of development and planning boards that regulate the entire residential development process, as well as the county councils and zoning boards that enforce zoning restrictions on land use, and regularly go before zoning boards and political authorities to demonstrate the change of use prerequisites necessary for rezoning. Our lawyers are adept at advising clients on political issues (including those posed by the public hearing process and by neighborhood groups) involving a zoning change.
Example of our Services
Throughout the coastal areas of South Carolina, developers of golf course, marina and resort properties rely on McNair’s excellent track record before local zoning and planning boards to secure project approvals. Our lawyers were instrumental in securing the land use approvals for the original development of both Hilton Head and Kiawah Islands, and continue to play a lead role in advising developers on completing new projects there.
McNair often plays a vital role in helping our developer clients secure real estate and mortgage loans to finance their projects. We work with many commercial banks and mortgage brokers, in all types of construction and permanent loans secured by real property. This includes such financing vehicles as convertible loans, multiple loan syndication, and loans backed by credit leases, ground leases and tax-exempt bonds. As our client, we’ll help you with all aspects of structuring and negotiating your loan, including commitment letters, loan agreements, notes, deeds of trust, environmental indemnity agreements and other collateral documents. We also design and carry out appropriate due diligence investigation before loan closing.
Example of our Services
A regional bank had a very good developer client who, with three concurrent projects underway, had gotten ahead of his ability to pay fully on his loans. The bank asked McNair’s lawyers to redocument the loans in such a way that they could continue their business relationship with the developer. Our effective loan restructuring work allowed the bank to give the developer the necessary financing for completion of all the projects.
McNair performs thousands of real estate closings a year. We have a wholly owned subsidiary that provides statewide title insurance through all major title insurance companies. That includes work with residential and commercial closings, underwriting title insurance commitments and policies for transactions, and coordinating title exams throughout the state. We are licensed title insurance agencies for all major title insurance companies, and provide exams, commitments, closings and policies for those companies.