Faegre Baker Daniels has handled retail real estate transactions in virtually all of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.

Our long association with leading retail businesses means we are fully attuned to the specific concerns and challenges of the retail industry. We counsel clients on such topics as use restrictions and exclusives; parking, access and signage rights; operating covenants; percentage rent requirements; liquor licensing; complex construction, operation and reciprocal easement agreements; and revitalizing and redeveloping existing retail sites.

We have advised clients on a wide variety of retail-based real estate transactions, including:

• Development of new stores for Target Corporation on a national basis
• Disposition of a portfolio of enclosed regional malls
• Work on lifestyle centers, mixed use projects and vertical shopping centers
• De-malling transactions
• Retail leasing, ranging from ground leases, to landlord representation on mall leases, to tenant representation on leases of in-line space
• Portfolio purchases and sales of department store sites, including the sale of operating department store businesses
• Acquiring retail sites out of bankruptcy proceedings
• The lease, acquisition and development of sites for a leading convenience store retailer
• Redevelopment transactions involving significant public inducements and incentives

Many of our lawyers belong to the International Council of Shopping Centers and frequently present at national ICSC programs.