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Hospitality & Leisure

Purchase and Sale

We have handled virtually every type of hotel and hospitality deal, including: 

  • Acquisition of small parcels and portions of property or interests 
  • Development of large golf resorts, hotel chains, and islands 
  • Formation 
  • Purchase 
  • Wind-ups 
  • Dispositions

We can mitigate almost any financial and political constraint in the acquisition or disposition of property or assets. We regularly coordinate with other professionals in the financial, engineering, environmental, land use and insurance arenas in order to efficiently provide clients with comprehensive due diligence. We also assist clients with day-to-day operational issues, expanding present properties, and establishing new facilities.

Our expertise puts our hands on the pulse of the real estate market. We can navigate the spectrum of fee structures to obtain favorable pricing for our clients whether they are buying, selling, or leasing projects in the hotel and hospitality industry.

We handle leases throughout the country, with the majority of our work in the Western United States. We represent all types of clients from small businesses to large companies. and regularly represent both landlords and tenants.

We conduct the preparation, negotiation, and finalization of lease documentation, including: 

  • Construction and architects’ agreements 
  • Tenant improvement work letters 
  • CC&Rs involving multi-building projects 
  • Credit enhancement agreements

Allen Matkins attorneys have particular expertise in structuring tenant lease workouts and in negotiating and resolving tenant disputes (including common area maintenance charge disputes and fair market rental value disputes), and in negotiating complex leaseholds, such as multiparty sale and leaseback agreements.

We can mitigate almost any financial and political constraint in the acquisition or disposition of property or assets. We regularly coordinate with other professionals in the financial, engineering, environmental, land use and insurance arenas in order to efficiently provide clients with comprehensive due diligence. We also assist clients with day-to-day operational issues, expanding present properties, and establishing new facilities.

Our expertise puts our hands on the pulse of the real estate market. We can navigate the spectrum of fee structures to obtain favorable pricing for our clients whether they are buying, selling, or leasing projects in the hotel and hospitality industry.

We handle leases throughout the country, with the majority of our work in the Western United States. We represent all types of clients from small businesses to large companies. and regularly represent both landlords and tenants.

We conduct the preparation, negotiation, and finalization of lease documentation, including: 

  • Construction and architects’ agreements 
  • Tenant improvement work letters 
  • CC&Rs involving multi-building projects 
  • Credit enhancement agreements

Allen Matkins attorneys have particular expertise in structuring tenant lease workouts and in negotiating and resolving tenant disputes (including common area maintenance charge disputes and fair market rental value disputes), and in negotiating complex leaseholds, such as multiparty sale and leaseback agreements.

"They provide high quality representation with a major concern for cost. Efficient and excellent service."

- Vice President and Senior Counsel, International Hospitality Company

EXPERIENCE

  • Hacienda Hotel, Inc. ( El Segundo, California). Represented Hacienda Hotel, Inc., as seller, in connection with the sale to Rubicon Holdings of The Hacienda Hotel in El Segundo. 
  • Last Resort, LLC ( Big Bear, California). Represented Last Resort in the negotiation of the acquisition loan documentation and sale of this timeshare resort project in Big Bear, California. 
  • OTO Development. Represented OTO Development in the negotiation of the purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, and CC&Rs for several hotel projects for OTO. 
  • Hotel (Santa Monica, California). Represented the owners of an existing Santa Monica hotel for the last two and a half years repositioning their asset for sale by perfecting and clarifying existing entitlements, undergoing wildly controversial Development Agreement compliance review.
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