Thad has represented clients in connection with various types of transactions including:

Development and Construction

• Mixed Use: Thad represented the equity partner in a development joint venture. The mixed use project located in Houston will consist of high-end single family homes, Class A office space, and high-end retail.
• Hospital: Thad represented a major hospital system in the development of a new hospital campus, including the acquisition of the development site and the construction of a 470,000 square foot hospital and 135,000 square foot medical building.
• Multi-Family: Thad represented a national developer in its architectural and construction agreements for four Class A multi-family projects in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas and Tempe, Arizona.
• Multi-Family: Thad represented the developer in the development of a ~300 unit multi-family project in Houston, including the acquisition of the development site and the formation of a joint venture partnership with an equity partner.
• Build-to-Suit Office: Thad represented the largest multi-specialty medical group practice in Houston in the development of a 170,000 square foot, four-story office building in Pearland, Texas, including the economic incentive agreements with governmental and quasi-governmental entities, the acquisition of the land, and the subsequent conveyance of the land to a REIT for the build-to-suit construction and leaseback.
• Hospital: Thad represented a major hospital system in its architectural, construction, and related agreements for the construction of a 390-bed inpatient tower in the Texas Medical Center.
• Industrial: Thad represented an international manufacturer of compressors and steam turbines in its construction, architectural, and related development agreements for the construction of a 100,000 square foot plant in Pearland, Texas, including economic incentive agreements with the city.
• Industrial: Thad represented a company in its build-to-suit construction agreement for a 190,000 square foot distribution center in Houston, Texas.
• Mixed-Use Hotel: Thad represented the developer in its architectural and construction agreements for the re-development of an existing building into a mixed-use office and hotel project.
• Tech: Thad represented an operator of data centers in the development of a state-of-the-art data center in Houston, including the acquisition of the land, the construction, architectural, and engineering agreements, and financing.
• Build-to-Suit Warehouse: Thad represented a real estate investment company as the landlord in a build-to-suit lease covering the construction of a 220,000 square foot warehouse facility.

Leasing

• Corporate Headquarters: Thad represented a national developer and operator of multi-family properties in the negotiation of an 89,000 square foot office lease for the relocation of its corporate headquarters into a to-be-constructed building.
• Full-Floor Office Lease: Thad represented the tenant in a full-floor, Class A office lease in Downtown Houston.
• Multi-Floor Office Lease: Thad represented the tenant in its multi-floor, Class A office lease in The Woodlands, Texas.
• Medical: Thad represented a company that develops and manages freestanding radiation oncology facilities in its expansion throughout Texas and into California, Washington, Colorado, and Kansas, including leasing, construction, and financing.
• Medical: Thad has represented hospitals and medical groups in the acquisition, leasing, financing, and development of various facilities, including imaging centers, radiation centers, physical therapy centers, and medical office buildings.
• Retail: Thad represented a commercial property management company in connection with the preparation of entirely new, fully customizable leasing forms for its retail leasing portfolio.
• Office: Thad represented an owner of several office buildings in Houston in connection with the preparation of entirely new, fully customizable leasing forms for its office leasing portfolio.

Purchase and Sale

• Multi-Family: Thad represented the purchaser of two separate Class A, multi-family projects in Austin, Texas, including the acquisition and financing.
• Mixed Use: Thad represented a real estate investment company in the sale of a mixed-use historical building.
• Multi-Family: Thad represented a real estate investment company in the sale of two Class A, multi-family projects in Houston, Texas.
• Thad has represented a Texas real estate investment company in its purchase and sale of retail, office, and industrial properties totaling more than $134,020,000.
• Thad represented the seller in the sale of an entire city block in Downtown Houston, Texas.

Foreclosure

• Thad has represented lenders in commercial foreclosures involving original debt in excess of $575,000,000.
• Thad has represented a real estate investment company in the purchase of loans secured by improved property involving original debt in excess of $275,000,000, and the subsequent foreclosures to acquire the properties.

• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Construction Law, 2025
• Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2010-Present
• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Real Estate Law, 2017-2025
• Texas Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2013-2024
• H Texas Top Lawyers of Houston, 2020
• Texas Rising Star – Real Estate, Construction/Surety, and Banking, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2007-2013
• Professionals on the Fast Track, H Texas magazine, 2008

• Presenter, “Specialized Issues in Medical & Life Sciences Leasing,” TexasBarCLE Advanced Real Estate Law Course (July 2024)
• Presenter, “Lab & Life Sciences Leasing – A Primer,” Houton Bar Association Real Estate Law Section (February 2024)

• American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), Fellow
• American Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association – Real Estate Law Section, Chair
• Houston Young Lawyers Association
• Texas Young Lawyers Association

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