Real Estate

At the law firm of McShane & Bowie, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, our legal team provides comprehensive real estate guidance and representation designed to get results – efficiently and effectively. Originally founded as a boutique real estate law firm, McShane & Bowie has steadily grown it's real estate practice and boasts a specialized real estate practice group larger and more sophisticated than many larger firms. McShane & Bowie is widely recognized throughout the state of Michigan as a leading real estate law firm. Our attorneys are available to help our clients through all aspects of real estate law, including the purchase, development, financing, ownership, and sale of real estate interests. We provide exceptional legal representation in the following areas of real estate law:

• 1031 Exchanges
• Commercial and Residential Real Estate Development
• Condominium Development and Financing
• Zoning and Land Use Planning
• Purchases, Sales and Exchanges of Real Estate
• Construction Contracts and Liens
• Financing and Tax Exempt Financing
• Refinancing and Restructuring
• Property Tax Assessments and Appeals
• Environmental Law
• Environmental Assessment 
• Leasing
• Conservation Easements
• Mortgage Transactions
• Title Examination and Review
• Real Estate Litigation
• Easements
• Private Road Agreements

All of our real estate work is handled by a seasoned legal team, which is headed by a respected lawyer who will be with you at every stage of your real estate matter. A lead attorney will draw upon the experience and skill of the other lawyers in our firm, however; your transaction will never be "passed on" from lawyer to lawyer like a car in an assembly line - as so often happens at larger law firms. Our real estate attorneys work as a team to give each case the attention and specialized care it deserves.

At McShane & Bowie, our real estate lawyers represent residential and commercial real estate developers, real estate brokers, syndicators, investors, banks and other financial institutions, title insurance companies, property owners and managers, and building contractors.

Our experienced real estate attorneys include:

As a "boutique" law firm of 21 attorneys, McShane & Bowie lawyers are able to provide hands-on, personal service, in which every client has direct contact with the same attorney throughout the duration of their legal endeavors. With our lawyers averaging 22 years of legal experience, we own a depth of knowledge in the field that typical real estate lawyers cannot match. Our attorneys are able to consider courses of action that other firms might be unaware of, and are able to collaborate among one another to create innovative solutions to legal problems. 

At McShane & Bowie, we know real estate law and the real estate business - do not pay someone else to learn it.

Our lawyers provide effective legal and business advice to clients throughout the State of Michigan including in cities such as Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Holland, Muskegon, Flint, and Traverse City.  We also regularly represent clients located in smaller cities or rural areas as well as from cities and states throughout the United States.  Many of our clients do business across the United States and abroad.