Dustin Stevens has handled complex commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and development of shopping centers, apartment complexes, single-family residential developments, retail outparcels and raw land. He has extensive experience in the continued representation of a large national retail pharmacy chain and a large national retail financial institution, in the acquisition of shopping center outparcels and inline space, as well as free-standing locations. His practice includes drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, closing documents and leasing documents, reviewing due diligence materials, including title and survey, leases and management agreements, and resolving site development issues related to access, utilities, governmental approvals and environmental remediation. Stevens has represented commercial lenders and borrowers in commercial loan transactions, drafting and negotiating loan documents, reviewing due diligence materials and coordinating closings. He assisted in the workout and ultimate foreclosure of a 7,000-acre, mixed-use development of regional impact, conducting review of the loan, title and governmental documents, and preparing loan and closing documents. He has drafted and negotiated loan documents, and conducted loan and title document due diligence review on behalf of lenders pursuant to numerous secured loan workout transactions, including cross-defaulted loans.Stevens has researched the applicability of zoning, land use and other local governmental controls on behalf of private landowners and local governments in order to determine the permissibility of a number of developments and uses in various zoning classifications. Stevens has worked with local governments in order to determine the status and availability of entitlements, capacity reservations, site plan approvals and other development rights on behalf of clients seeking to develop or finance large retail and hotel developments.Specialties: Though his real estate practice is focused in Florida, Stevens has particular experience in multisite, multistate financing and acquisition transactions, having coordinated and conducted due diligence review and document preparation for the extension of financing to a chain of coastal marinas, the acquisition of a large national restaurant chain and the potential acquisition of multiple single-family subdivisions, among others.