Construction and Real Estate Development

Sutin, Thayer & Browne lawyers assist clients in all aspects of construction and real estate development litigation, transactions and financing for projects across New Mexico, representing public and private developers, sellers, buyers, borrowers and lenders. The firm’s construction law experience includes construction litigation, government contracts and procurement for private and public works projects, litigating complex construction defect cases, preparing, analyzing and enforcing prime and subcontractor construction contracts, architect’s and engineer’s agreements and material supplier contracts. We are familiar with standard AIA documents and have developed our own construction contracts tailored to both residential and commercial projects. We have extensive experience in bid disputes and appeals of administrative and agency decisions at both the federal and state levels. We represent clients in private arbitrations and mediations under the Public Works Mediation Act. We prosecute and defend cases under the Miller Act and Little-Miller Act and handle claims and defenses in surety, performance and payment bonds. We defend design professionals in malpractice claims and with regard to licensing and registration matters. We represent developers and New Mexico land and ranch properties in subdividing, property tax components of large ranches, and special methods of valuation and exemptions. We are familiar with regulations and laws governing insurance, construction, bonding, bidding and procurement. Our work in New Mexico includes a variety of real estate issues including land use regulation, planning, annexations, financing, acquisitions, easements, sales, exchanges, leasing and zoning, and developing commercial, industrial and residential real estate. Our work includes crafting letters of intent, right-of-entry agreements, purchase agreements, option agreements and brokerage agreements, reviewing surveys and title-insurance commitments, performing due diligence on zoning certification, site development plans, certificates of occupancy and parking requirements, drafting closing documents and certificates, and closing transactions. We offer expertise in all aspects of virtually any real estate transaction undertaken by a private or public entity including transactions involving trust land.