Douglas G. Stanford
Douglas G. Stanford is a partner and a member of the Firm’s Real Estate Services Department, resident in its Jacksonville office.
Mr. Stanford is the head of the Firm’s Jacksonville Real Estate Section, with practice emphasis on commercial real estate transactions representing major clients with real estate interests throughout Florida and the Southeastern United States.
Practice Areas
- purchase and sale transactions
- mortgage and asset-based financing, loan workouts and restructures
- office and industrial park development, leasing and financing
- hotel, resort, hospitality and club management and financing
- shopping center, retail and restaurant development, leasing and financing
- title insurance
Mr. Stanford received his A.B. degree, cum laude, from Duke University in 1982. He received his J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University in 1985, where he served as Executive Editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review.
Mr. Stanford is a member of The Florida Bar, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He has been recognized in Chambers USA Leading Business Lawyers, The Legal 500 US, and the Best Lawyers in America, in Real Estate Law.
Representative Transactions
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. Chapter 11 reorganization involving disposition of more than 500 retail, distribution and manufacturing properties in 9 states, representing debtor as primary outside real estate counsel.
- Commercial loan default/settlement/liquidation involving regional sports equipment and footwear retailer, representing large national bank as lead counsel.
- Real estate loan default/settlement/liquidation involving regional commercial and residential real estate developer, representing large national bank as lead counsel.
- $80 million acquisition of retail supermarket locations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, representing the purchaser.
- $725 million operating financing, including special purpose entity transfers and relating mortgaging of more than 500 properties in 5 states, serving as primary real estate counsel to supermarket owner/operator, as borrower.
- $250 million multiple-traunch mortgage financing of 6 Florida office and warehouse parks, representing the borrower.
- $35 million acquisition, construction, development and financing of regional distribution center in Northeast Florida, representing the owner/operator.
- $200 million construction, development and financing of resort hotel in Central Florida, as issuing title agent and Florida local counsel to the owner/operator.
