Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell assists clients with a wide range of matters relating to commercial real estate development.  The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate including acquisition, due diligence for acquisition, land use and entitlements, financing and development, leasing and sales.  Firm lawyers have advised clients in transactions involving millions of square feet of commercial development including transit-oriented development and brownfields redevelopment.  In addition, Firm lawyers have represented developers in hundreds of millions of dollars of construction and permanent financing, as well as public financing.

Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell lawyers have experience with purchase, sales, leasing and finance of ski resorts, hotels, office buildings, farms and ranches and rural recreational properties.  The Firm has represented the developers of regional shopping centers, large New Urbanist mixed use developments, ski resorts, office buildings, hotels and other commercial properties.


  • Represented developer of transit-oriented mixed use development at light rail station.  Work included land use entitlement, public private partnership with transit agency, use of special district financing, joint venture financing and development of office, retail and residential buildings.
  • Represented retail developer in transit-oriented mixed use development at light rail station.  Work included land use, development agreements with municipality, documenting relationships among co-developers, and leasing, finance and sale of property.
  • Represented developer in brownfields redevelopment including clean up of three former landfills, river front restoration, acquisition of large multiple parcel assemblage, negotiations with major anchors, public finance, construction finance, and new market tax credit finance.
  • Represented developer in brownfields redevelopment of portion of former Air Force base.
  • Assistance with acquisition, development, financing and leasing of dozens of retail shopping centers in Utah, Arizona and Colorado.
  • Provided counsel in connection with mortgage financing, acquisition and sale of major ski areas.
  • Represented real estate interests in the development and sale of business parks and residential developments.
  • Assisted in the subdivision of major buildings into commercial condominium units.
  • Represented many high-end recreational and vacation home acquisition and development projects.