Practice Areas

Community Development and Affordable Housing

AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents for profit and not-for-profit real estate developers and community development organizations in the acquisition, financing, construction and rehabilitation of multifamily and mixed-use housing, including senior, veteran, affordable and supportive housing projects. We assist our clients in structuring and financing projects using both private and public funds, including low income housing tax credits (LIHTC) and other City and State sources. We are involved at all stages of the real estate development deal, from pre-development and joint venture, through the partnership, construction, and the project’s permanent financing conversion.

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents shelter providers in the leasing and development of transitional housing projects, and other real estate related matters.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents Community Development Corporations (“CDCs”) in various facets of their community development efforts, including the CDC formation and organization, joint ventures, contracting and other related matters.

FAITH-BASED DEVELOPMENT: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents churches and other faith-based organizations in their real estate development efforts, including negotiating jointing ventures and partnerships, as well as navigating through the complex Attorney General and Supreme Court approval process.

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Construction and General Counsel Services

CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT: The attorneys at RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC work closely with developers, contractors, architects, and other consultants to help clients navigate through the construction process. We provide clear, concise advice about every step of your project, whether construction from the ground up or rehabilitation of an existing building. We help clients negotiate and draft joint venture agreements, operating agreements, purchase of development rights agreements, construction loan agreements and permanent financing agreements. We also assist our clients in negotiating architect's agreements, owner-contractor agreements, sub-contracting agreements and other construction-related agreements.

GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC offers comprehensive General Counsel Services for your construction project with the objective of meeting all of the client's legal needs.

ADJACENT PROPERTY LICENSE/ACCESS AGREEMENTS: All construction projects hit speed-bumps, but disputes over access to a neighboring site to complete your project can hamper your progress. Conversely, as a neighbor, nothing is more frustrating than a construction project moving forward without the necessary safeguards of construction and guarantees. At RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC our attorneys can assist clients in negotiating and drafting proper license/access agreements to ensure that the expectations of all afffected parties are reasonably achieved.

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Real Estate

COMMERCIAL LEASING. We represent commercial landlords and tenants, helping them navigate through every type of commercial lease negotiation, from office space and small retail shops, to industrial and stand-alone buildings on a triple net basis. RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC also helps clients negotiate ancillary contracts, including, among others, alteration agreements, assignments, and brokerage agreements.

RESIDENTIAL CLOSINGS. RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC advises clients in selling or purchasing single family homes, coop or condominium units.

COMMERCIAL CLOSINGS. RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC advises clients in selling, purchasing or refinancing, among others, multi-family and mixed-used buildings, office and industrial facilities.

LOAN WORKOUTS AND RE-FINANCING. RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC assists clients in negotiating loan workouts, extensions, modifications, and refinancings.

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Litigation

COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents clients litigating disputes related to joint ventures, partnerships, membership and shareholder agreements and derivative actions. We are committed to helping our clients resolve suits in a strategic and cost-effective manner.

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT LITIGATION: RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents clients in a wide variety of construction disputes. We have experience with, and utilize, all forms of dispute resolution, both formal and informal, from mediation and arbitration, to state and federal court actions and proceedings. At RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC we can assist clients resolve their construction-contract disputes, including breach of contract, delay, acceleration, suspension and termination, mechanic’s lien foreclosures, RPAPL § 881 access proceedings, and actions seeking injunctive relief.

REAL PROPERTY LITIGATION: We are intimately familiar with New York's housing and real property laws and regulations. RICHTER RESTREPO PLLC represents clients in the prosecution or defense of a wide variety of real property disputes, including among others, commercial and residential landlord-tenant holdover and non-payment proceedings, HP proceedings, specific performance actions, Yellowstone injunction actions, encroachment actions, and quiet title and constructive trust actions, among others. We also have experience appearing on behalf of our clients before city and state administrative agencies, including HPD, DOB, HUD, DHCR and NYS Division of Human Rights.