As a buyer, seller or developer of real estate, you will benefit from our full-service commercial real estate practice for your Arizona transactions and land-use matters.
Sacks Tierney is a Best Law Firms selectee for Real Estate Law (Regional Tier 1).
Sacks Tierney has a rich, 60-year tradition of representing clients in purchases and sales of improved and unimproved real property, title issues, environmental assessments, zoning and land use planning, contracting, leasing, and related financing transactions.
Commercial Real Estate
Our diverse real estate client base allows us to see commercial real estate from every perspective. In addition to developers, we represent banks and large commercial lenders; investors, purchasers and sellers of all forms of commercial property; general contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers; architects and engineers; and management companies.
Construction Law
Working closely together, our real estate and construction attorneys handle contract formation, on-site disputes, lien work, and arbitration and litigation of construction disputes. Our clients include owners, developers, architects, general contractors, subcontractors and materialmen.
Water and Environmental Issues
We are involved in both the planning and adversarial aspects of water law, performing services for both private and public entities. We assist our clients in addressing discrete environmental problems, including environmental assessments and hazardous waste issues. In addition to counseling clients on these issues, we represent clients in state and federal administrative and court proceedings.
Land Use
Our firm has a long history in the area of land use and planning, representing landowners and developers before planning and zoning commissions and city councils, and, in some cases, representing government entities. Our practice includes resolution of land use issues through lobbying for legislative changes, arbitration and litigation.
Articles & Presentations
- Navigating Assumed Mortgages: Understanding the Due-On-Sale Clause and its Implications
- The Evolving World of Short-Term Rentals In Arizona
- Update to How Arizona’s Homestead Laws Affect Your Residence
- Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies the Permissible Scope of Real Estate Development Fees Chargeable by Municipalities
- How Arizona’s Homestead Laws Affect Your Residence
- Arizona Anti-Deficiency Protection Is Not Available for Vacant Land
- Force Majeure Clauses in Leases and Contracts
- Commercial Leasing to an Arizona Cannabis Business
- Short-Term Rentals: A Thorny Issue for HOAs and Members
- Guarantor Waivers of Arizona Anti-Deficiency Protection
- Adverse Possession: Can My Neighbor Take a Portion of My Property?
- Equitable Subrogation and Lender Options
- New Law Limits HOA Power to Restrict Renting
- The Last Word: Arizona Supreme Court Confirms that Fair Market Value Protection Cannot Be Waived
- The Unexpected “Vendee’s Lien”
- Equitable Assumption of a Commercial Lease: Tips for Commercial Property Owners
- Borrowers Cannot Waive Fair Market Value Protections, Court Rules
- Solvency Covenants in Non-Recourse Loans on Shaky Ground?
- Signature Requirements in Arizona Real Estate Commission Agreements
- Refinancing, Construction and Arizona’s Anti-Deficiency Laws