Amy K. Bridwell

Experience

• Member of the team that led U.S. expansion of the world's sixth-largest retailer, including corporate headquarters, multiple distribution centers, retail locations and training facilities. 
• Member of the team that represented one of the world's largest restaurant groups with 30,000 restaurant locations in acquisition and deposition of active locations.
• Member of the team that represented the preferred development of one of the world's largest convenience store chains.
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, closing documents, easement agreements, declarations, site development agreements, entity documents and other real estate-related documents.
• Review and analyze title, survey, zoning and other due diligence materials to distill and resolve issues for clients.
• Negotiate with title agents and companies to address and resolve title insurance matters, and prepare and negotiate curative documents.
• Review plats, surveys, site plans and utility plans and collaborate with surveyors and engineers regarding easements, entitlements and other development matters.
• Assist clients with project management.
• Coordinate and supervise closings.
• Prepare lease agreements, amendments and related documents.
• Review and negotiate loan documents in the representation of borrowers.
• Assist with private equity transactions, including review of diligence and preparation of strategic relationship agreements, entity documents and mezzanine financing instruments.

Representative Properties and Transactions

• Over 1,000 vacant developed lots in 20 metro Atlanta subdivisions (purchases)
• 28,000 square-foot grocery store-anchored shopping center in Woodstock, Georgia (purchase)
• 78,000 square-foot shopping center in Alpharetta, Georgia (purchase)
• Site in Atlantic Station for development by non-profit religious organization (purchase)
• Assemblage of acreage and residential lots and simultaneous disposition to national grocery store chain (purchase and sale)
• Numerous self-storage facilities in Georgia and Florida (purchases, construction loans and permanent refinances)
• Big box shadow center in northeast Georgia (sale)
• Land in northwest Georgia for development of big box shadow center and sale of outparcel (purchase and sale)
• Numerous amendments to retail leases (as outside counsel for real estate investment trust) 
• Assisted living facility in Georgia state receivership (disposition counsel for receiver)
• Condominium hotel units in South Carolina federal receivership (disposition counsel for receiver)
• Multifamily cooperative in Atlanta (counsel for investor in acquisition of loan and subsequent foreclosure)
• Class B and C apartment complexes in metro Atlanta (purchases and sales)
• Multifamily development in Jacksonville, Florida (borrower’s counsel in loan workout)
• Leased warehouse facilities in Georgia (purchases and sales)
• Office buildings in metro Atlanta (purchases and sales)
• Hundreds of vacant developed lots in two Georgia subdivisions (purchases and sales)
• Convenience stores in Georgia (lender’s counsel for loan to regional operator)
• Cold-storage facility in Louisiana (outside counsel for operator in purchase)
• Single tenant and multiple bay retail buildings (purchases and sales)
• Vacant lots for development as multifamily near Beltline (purchases)
• Fast food sites throughout the U.S. (redevelopment)

Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia, Real Property Law Section