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Real Estate
Development
Over the course
of the past decade, Oppenheim Pilelsky has developed an outstanding
reputation for providing sound advice to the real estate development
community. The firm has been involved with the development of
office buildings, mixed use projects, residential developments,
retail projects, multi-family residential projects and industrial
and warehouse properties. By getting involved early in the project,
we typically are able to assist our clients in the due diligence
phase of determining the feasibility of a project, providing the
legal representation for the acquisition or sale of a project,
as well as providing advice concerning financing, construction,
and development of a particular project.
The firm has
developed a reputation for representing numerous high-end home
builders in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Over the years,
the firm has developed exceptional relationships with a variety
of other service providers in the real estate community. Thus,
the firm is frequently in a position to recommend lenders, sources
of equity, surveyors, environmental investigators, appraisers,
architects, and engineers as well as other professionals that
may be helpful in connection with a particular project. Finally,
since the law firm is the oldest firm in the City of Weston, we
frequently appear before the Weston City Commission on behalf
of various developers in connection with their requests for approval
of their projects.
Title
Insurance
The law firm,
through its sister company Weston Title & Escrow, Inc., is
a title agent for Chicago Title Insurance Company, Lawyers Title
Insurance Company, Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, and Commonwealth
Title Insurance Company. The firm is typically one of the more
active law firms in the greater Fort Lauderdale area in connection
with the issuance of title insurance, and has been involved in
more than 3 billion dollars worth of real estate transactions
in the past 15 years.
Weston Title
is an approved title agent for virtually every major banking institution
in the greater Fort Lauderdale area.
Leasing
Oppenheim Pilelsky regularly advises landlords of office buildings
and shopping malls and other commercial properties concerning
their leasing needs. The firm also represents tenants in connection
with their lease negotiations with landlords.
Associations
and Condominiums
The firm,
from its inception, has represented a number of homeowner and
condominium associations, including having formed the Homeowners
Association at Weston and serving as that association's general
counsel. In addition, the firm, during the course of the past
several years, has served as counsel to other homeowner associations
in the Weston and Bonaventure developments, including the Presidents'
Counsel of Bonaventure.
Individual
lawyers in the firm have served on the board of various homeowner
associations and Mr. Oppenheim previously served as general counsel
to the associations of the prestigious Arvida developed condominiums
of Meisner Tower and Meisner Court located in Boca Raton, Florida.
In addition, the firm has worked with a number of its clients
in developing properties through the use of condominiums or Declarations
of Covenants and Homeowner/Landowner Associations.
Lender
Representation
The firm takes
a great pride in representing a number of major financial institutions
in connection with their commercial and residential lending needs.
Particularly, the firm is engaged in negotiating the appropriate
documentation concerning securing assets such as real estate,
personal property, stock, and other tangible and intangible property.
The firm regularly serves as title agent, providing title insurance
to these financial institutions in connection with such transactions.
Toxic
Mold Representation
Recently new
concerns have arisen to increase suspicion about toxic- mold within
many households and businesses. This potentially deadly toxic
mold is also known as Stachybotrys or mycotoxins and can cause
serious health effects. It tends to look like a black or gray
sooty patch which grows over time and hides within the walls and
floor of houses, factories, and schools that have encountered
leaks or are in a warm wet climate. It is a serious issue that
has already disrupted many households with lasting effects. Some
people are minimally affected, while other may encounter serious
health conditions such as respiratory problems, nasal and sinus
congestion, memory loss, dry cough, sore throat, chronic fatigue,
skin irritation, headaches, fever, or digestive problems. To prevent
this mold from contaminating your home or office, it is necessary
to maintain a dry home or work place. Upon identification of dampness,
it is necessary to get the building checked for air born mold
spores and in-depth growth of mold within the walls, air conditioners,
or carpets.
Mold contamination
is becoming an issue that requires particular skills of certain
qualified attorneys. Particularly, lawyers who are familiar with
real estate and construction issues as well as personal injury
are most suited to handle mold related claims. For the past decade
the law firm of Oppenheim Pilelsky has been involved with both
real estate and construction related issues as well as personal
injury related matters. We are now offering our services to provide
home builders with the proper guidance and know how to ensure
that when a leak or water seepage issue arises it is addressed
properly so that the likelihood of mold related liability and
injury can be minimized. In those cases where builders have not
properly designed structures, thus allowing moisture to continue
to seep into the structure thereby causing mold spores to spread,
our firm is prepared to look carefully at such cases to protect
the consumer. The firm has identified particular consultants and
experts who are prepared to work with the law firm in addressing
mold related personal injuries.
Should you
have any questions concerning mold related issues or believe that
you are suffering from the symptoms associated with toxic mold
please feel free to contact our firm.
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