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Gregory R. Andre

Partner
Chicago
+1.312.807.4254
Fax +1.312.827.8041

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1985, (with honors; Law Review member)
  • B.S., Boston College, 1982, (magna cum laude)

Admissions

  • Bar of Illinois
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Gregory R. Andre is a partner with more than 25 years of extensive experience in commercial real estate law, including design and construction contracts, land use and development, leasing and sale-leasebacks, acquisitions and sales, real estate and construction dispute resolution and other matters involving properties located throughout the United States.

Mr. Andre has experience with major urban and suburban office buildings, retail centers, hotels, hospitals, senior housing, master-planned communities, mixed-use projects, golf courses, industrial and manufacturing facilities, biofuel facilities and public utilities, airports, highways and infrastructure. He is the author of numerous books and articles on various real estate subjects and is well recognized in the industry.

Achievements

  • 2010 Martindale-Hubbell Very High Peer Review Recognition
  • 2010 Legal 500
  • 2009 Who's Who Worldwide
  • 2006 Top Illinois Super Lawyer

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Construction Owners Association of America, Co-founder of Illinois Chapter, Executive Committee Chair
  • Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys
  • Lambda Alpha International

Speaking Engagements

  • "Aviation Issues Affecting Real Estate", K&L Gates LLP program, January, 2012
  • "Real Estate Development Within Native American Reservations", K&L Gates LLP program, August, 2011
  • "Integrated Project Delivery", seminar sponsored by the Construction Owners Association of America, Illinois Chapter, October, 2011
  • "Mining the Corporate Balance Sheet for Real Estate Equity," seminar sponsored by K&L Gates LLP, September, 2010.
  • "The AIA has done it again! The 2007 Design and Construction Forms Have Replaced the 1997 Forms: What Has Changed and What You Need to Know," seminar sponsored by Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (speaker on panel). 2008
  • "Design and Construction Contracts", seminar sponsored by Georgia Technical College of Architects (speaker). 2003
  • "AIA Contract Documents: The New Edition," seminar sponsored by Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (speaker on panel). 1998.
  • "Construction Delivery Systems," seminar sponsored by Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (speaker on panel). 1997.
Design and Construction Contracts
  • $300 million Senior Living Campus
  • $200 million Urban High-Rise Office Building
  • $200 million Urban High-Rise Mixed-Use Project
  • $140 million Hotel Waterpark
  • $120 million High-Rise Senior Living Project
  • Several $90 to $120 million Hotel and Conference Centers
  • Golf Course and Clubhouse Development
  • $70 million Hospital Multi-Phase Expansion Project
  • $60 million Biofuel Facility
  • General Aviation Airport, including Flight Terminal, Control Tower, Jet Hangars, Runways and Infrastructure

Land Use and Development
  • 2,200,000 square foot Office, Hotel and Retail Development on 120 Acre Tollway Interchange Site
  • 6,000 Home Active Adult Retirement Community on 2,000 Acres
  • $140 million Hotel Waterpark
  • 1,800 acre Master-Planned Community
  • $175 million Hospital
  • 185,000 square foot Destination Retail Store
  • $100 million Hospital Addition
  • 400 acre Residential Golf Course Community

Leases and Sale-Leasebacks
  • Worldwide Leasing for International Firm with 14 million square feet of Office Space
  • 300,000 square foot Industrial Facility Lease
  • 90,000 square foot Warehouse/Distribution Facility Lease
  • Numerous Major Office and Retail Leases
  • Sale-Leaseback Restructuring of $1 billion Portfolio of Numerous Owned and Leased Properties for a Warehouse/Distribution Company
  • Sale-Leaseback Restructuring of $200 million Portfolio of Numerous Owned and Leased Properties for a Trucking Company

Acquisitions and Sales
  • $125 million Sale of Office and Industrial Building Portfolio to UPREIT
  • Numerous acquisitions and sales of office buildings, retail centers, hotels, apartment buildings, industrial facilities and large tracts of land, many in the $25 million to $100 million range

Dispute Resolution
  • Successful representation of owner in the settlement of 145 claims made by owner against architectural/engineering firm with respect to an $80 million construction project
  • Successful representation of owner in the mediation of multi-million dollar liquidated damages claim for delay made by an owner against a contractor on a $20 million environmental clean-up project
  • Successful representation of a hotel developer in opposing and halting the development of a proposed outdoor music theater on an adjoining property
  • Successful representation of a governmental authority in the arbitration of more than 100 claims made by a contractor with respect to a golf course project
  • Successful representation of a contractor in a public bid dispute against a governmental authority with respect to a major grading project
  • Successful representation of a governmental authority in a dispute with a contractor concerning the steel structure for a new building that collapsed due to high winds and required demolition, removal and reconstruction
  • Successful representation of the master developer of a 400-acre residential golf course community in a dispute over the development of a $25 million clubhouse
  • Successful representation of a real estate developer in a dispute with the Army Corps of Engineers with respect to development issues associated with a large wetland area
  • Successful representation of a landowner in the settlement of the condemnation of 22 acres of land for a new tollway interchange at a prime development site
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