Kennedy Luce provides legal counsel to individuals and families for the purchase, sale, and refinancing of residential real estate in Connecticut. This includes family homes, beach houses, apartments, condominiums, and country cottages. For new construction and renovations, we assist in negotiations with designers, architects, and other professionals, as well as permitting. Additionally, the firm acts as an agent to provide title insurance, which is usually required in land transactions.

We’re pleased to offer commercial real estate services for clients seeking assistance as developers, owners, investors, purchasers, sellers, landlords, or tenants. We have handled matters involving residential subdivisions, office buildings, apartment complexes, industrial facilities, shopping centers, restaurants, and retail businesses. We also help clients with forming entities to develop, hold, and operate these properties. Clients value our experience as construction lawyers, guiding them through agreements with contractors, architects, and other professionals.

If our clients face real estate litigation, we’re dedicated to representing them in all trial and arbitration venues. We have experience in Connecticut, New York, and federal courts, as well as in arbitration forums such as the American Arbitration Association, and we’re here to guide you every step of the way.

We are dedicated to resolving disputes in a way that makes our clients feel supported, satisfied, and confident in the outcome, while keeping the process as smooth and cost-effective as possible. We understand that every client’s needs are unique, so we work closely with each individual to create a strategy that helps them reach the best possible settlement. From the outset, we take the time to fully understand their requirements, which may sometimes include visiting the property to ensure we’re meeting their needs personally.

PROPERTY TAX APPEALS

Kennedy Luce provides both advice on property tax issues and support you through every step of the appeals process. The appeals process begins at the local level at a board of assessment appeals, then can be appealed further to superior court. We are here to guide you and help you maximize any reductions, making the process as smooth as possible.  

ZONING ISSUES

Zoning and land use regulations govern all residential property owners. These regulations differ from town to town but in general they control the types of activities which are permitted within the zone in which the property is located. Violations of regulations are enforced by zoning or wetlands officials. We have extensive experience in all areas of regulation compliance, petitions to change regulations, violations citations and appeals to the superior and appellate courts of Connecticut when local decisions are adverse to clients.

PRIMARY AREAS WE HANDLE

Acquisitions and Dispositions

Development Projects

Financing, including SBA loans

Construction Contracts

Joint Ventures

Leasing

Distressed Real Estate

Zoning, Environmental and Wetland

Debt Management Issues

Like-Kind Exchange Transactions