Associate, Houston

Practice Description

Thad Armstrong focuses his practice on commercial transactions with an emphasis on real estate and lending. This includes retail, office, and industrial acquisitions, sales, leasing, financing, development, and management; entity formation; and landlord and tenant disputes. Mr. Armstrong also focuses his practice on commercial and residential restrictions; foreclosures and deeds in lieu thereof; easement, license, and drill site agreements; title and survey analysis; homeowners association formation; and construction and architect agreements.

Representations

• Represented lenders in commercial foreclosures involving original debt in excess of $575,000,000

• Represented owners in major construction projects totaling over $600,000,000

• Represented a real estate investment company in the purchase of loans secured by improved property involving original debt in excess of $275,000,000

• Represented a commercial property management company in connection with the preparation of entirely new, fully customizable leasing forms for its retail leasing business

• Represented a real estate investment company as the landlord in a build-to-suit lease covering the construction of a 220,000 s.f. warehouse facility

Distinctions/Honors

• Texas Rising Stars^® by Thomson Reuters (Real Estate, Construction/Surety, Banking); 2007-2010

• Professionals on the Fast Track, H Texas Magazine; 2008

Press Releases/In the News

• "Keeping Real Estate Legal," Real Estate Bisnow; April 21, 2010
  

• "Kelsey-Seybold to open clinic in Houston Center," Houston Chronicle; April 18, 2010
  

Presentations/Publications

• "Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Real Estate Contracts," University of Houston Law School, Houston, Texas, March 3, 2010
  

• "Beware: Property sold 'as is' may come back to haunt the seller," Houston Business Journal, January 2007
  

Activities

• Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association

• Member, Houston Bar Association