Commercial Real Estate

Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A.

Commercial Real Estate Development

Lawyers serving business owners and real estate developers in Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Pierce, Port St. Lucie and the counties of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami Dade, Martin and St. Lucie in Florida.

If you are involved in a high-stakes commercial real estate transaction, Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A. are the attorneys you want on your side. The foundation of our firm’s practice has been the representation of institutional and individual land interests. Our attorneys have experience in every facet of the commercial real estate law practice, including:

• Planning
• Financing
• Land acquisition
• Eminent domain
• Environmental
• Home builder and commercial development
• Zoning regulations
• Construction contracts
• Mortgage closing
• Sales
• Evictions
• Lease agreements
• Litigation
• Retail
• Taxation
• 1031 exchanges
• Title insurance
• Urban development

Our sound legal counsel has worked to create some of the most successful real estate projects in Florida. Our attorneys understand what drives the real estate market and are able to respond quickly and proficiently to client challenges and prospects. We have guided clients through the high points and low points of more than three decades of real estate cycles. 

Administrative, Zoning, Permitting and Land Use Law

The commercial real estate attorneys at Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A. have a proven track record of effective, efficient representation before governmental agencies on administrative, zoning, permitting and land use matters.  We provide legal services in:

• Concurrency impact
• Community development districts
• Comprehensive planning
• Development of regional impact
• Local government approvals and permits
• Urban development
• Land use
• Variances, rezoning and special exceptions
• Code compliance

Founding partner Henry Handler has represented both corporate and individual clients before public agencies, counties, municipalities and public bodies regarding land use and property owner rights.  He is the attorney of record in numerous reported opinions in real estate and zoning law and has conducted numerous seminars in real estate law, condominium and homeowners association law, and civil litigation.

Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A. is one of the most active law firms in south Florida in administrative, zoning and land use matters. Our representation often starts when a project is a concept proposed for vacant property and continues until development rights are vested and building permits are obtained. 

Our firm is designed and organized to facilitate personalized and careful attention to our clients and to pursue their goals in an aggressive and timely manner. With expertise in a wide array of legal areas and a pragmatic real-world approach, our attorneys anticipate and respond to the challenges facing our clients.

With offices in South Florida and St. Lucie County, Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A. has established strong statewide ties with our clients, business leaders, organizations, other attorneys and law firms.