PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Real Estate Lending

Government & Land Development Law

Real Estate Law

Gregory D. Soule
612/349.5653
gsoule@bestlaw.com

Greg Soule is a partner practicing in the area of real estate, and chairs the law firm's real estate practice group. His work is primarily transactional, including acquisitions and sales, exchanges, leases and construction and permanent financing, for developers, individual investors and financial institutions. He has assisted clients with apartments, office-warehouse and office buildings, restaurants, shopping centers, churches, hotels, telecommunication towers, senior assisted living residences, and marinas. Greg has extensive experience in real estate development, including zoning and subdivision approvals from local municipalities, and wetland and environmental clearances. Greg served on a city planning commission for ten years, has assisted municipal clients with zoning and real estate matters, and has made many appearances before planning commissions and city councils.

EXPERIENCE

• Advised a commercial developer in the construction, leasing, financing, and sale of approximately 20 office-warehouse buildings containing over 1 million square feet
  
• Represented local banks and national lenders in permanent financing transactions
  
• Assisted partnerships and individuals in the purchase, financing, and sale of over 50 apartment projects, many with values in excess of $10 million, including advising on ownership structuring issues
  
• Represented an individual investor in the acquisition and/or sale of over 20 stand-alone restaurants, and assisted a business client in the development of approximately 20 Jiffy Lube and Car-X Muffler sites
  
• Recognized by local office of a major national title insurance company as having one of the most sophisticated and active like-kind exchange (Section 1031) practices in Minneapolis
  
• Reviewed and negotiated “Phase I” and “Phase II” environmental reports, and advised on investigation and remediation of asbestos, mold, solvents, gasoline and fuel oil contamination

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Real Property Law Specialists, Certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association
Member, American, Minnesota, and Hennepin County Bar Associations

AWARDS AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
Member, Minnesota Multi-Housing Association
Recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics magazine