Real Estate

Our Real Estate Group is comprised of lawyers with collective experience in all aspects of real property law including land development, leasing, zoning and land use, sales and acquisitions, real estate taxation and tax exemption, project finance, 1031 exchanges and tenant-in-common (TIC) structured transactions, environmental, economic development and government affairs, and site selection analysis. We pride ourselves on evaluating each project and developing a plan that can be implemented on time and within budget requirements. We represent large and mid-size corporate clients as well as individuals. We regularly represent buyers and sellers of large multi-family and mixed use developments.

We are known for our work in the acquisition, development and financing of many sophisticated real estate projects in Greater Cincinnati, including downtown office towers, suburban office parks, retail shopping centers and malls, office/warehouse industrial parks and residential subdivisions. We regularly represent buyers and sellers of large multi-family and mixed use developments. 

Case Studies

• Jack I. Hope v. City of Hillsboro
• Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. State of Ohio

News

• Keating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2013 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USA
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Welcomes Daniel P. Utt as Partner and Practice Leader of its Real Estate Group
• Forty-Six Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Recognized in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Won a Trial Court Decision for The Drees Company and Other Non-Clients in a Hamilton Township “Impact Fee” Dispute
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Receives National Recognition in 2013 “Best Law Firms” Rankings by U.S. News and Best Lawyers
• Five Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’ 2013 Cincinnati Lawyers of the Year
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Is Named the Top-Listed Law Firm in Ohio and Cincinnati in Numerous Areas of Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2013
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Won an Ohio Supreme Court Decision for Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati in a Warren County Township “Impact Fee” Dispute
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Client Completes Real Estate Deal Allowing Global Company to Bring 350 Additional Jobs to Columbus, Indiana
• Keating Muething & Klekamp wins court order banning demolition of client's historic buildings
• KMK Real Estate Attorney Herbert B. Weiss Recent Recipient of Prestigious Legal Recognitions
• KMK Partner Ken Kreider Elected To Join The American College of Real Estate Lawyers
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Forms "Green" Team

Events

• Real Estate Law Update, KMK Law Offices, One East Fourth Street, Suite 1400, June 12, 2013

Publications

• Legal Alert: Clearer USEPA Guidance for Commercial and Industrial Tenants for Protection from Pre-existing Contamination Liability, January 4, 2013
• Legal Alert: Ohio General Assembly Enacts New Law Exempting Home Builders from Consumer Protection Laws, September 12, 2012
• Legal Alert: Time to Consider Appealing Your Real Property Tax Valuation, November 28, 2011
• Legal Alert: U.S. EPA Grants Funding for Brownfield Environmental Assessments and UST Investigations, April 1, 2011
• Legal Alert: Time to Consider Appealing Your Real Property Tax Valuation, January 14, 2010
• Legal Alert: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, March 2, 2009