About Alan C. Sheppard, Jr.

Alan C. Sheppard, Jr. has wide-ranging experience in commercial real estate development, leasing and finance with a particular emphasis on development of office and industrial buildings, regional shopping centers, and multi-family developments. Alan has deep experience in entitlements and zoning law. Alan also has an LL.M. in Taxation, and therefore, also has broad based experience regarding the tax implications of real estate investments, as well as mortgage and construction financing, lease financing, mezzanine lending, asset-based finance, and working capital loan transactions.

Alan routinely counsels Florida-based developers in the acquisition, development, sale and financing of commercial real property and large tracts of land for retail power centers, distribution and logistics centers, multi-family developments, retail new and used, automotive sales centers, and hotels. He provides advice to out-of-state and foreign investors on Florida law issues in such transactions. He has experience closing numerous asset portfolio transactions for both Fortune 100 and family owned businesses. Alan also conducts land use and entitlement due diligence on various development and energy projects.

Alan has been inducted as a lifetime member of the NAIOP Research Foundation Board of Governors, which supports research into national and international trends and changing social dynamics that drive industrial, office and mixed-use development. He also serves on the Board of Directors of NAIOP Central Florida and is a past president of NAIOP of Florida. Through his work with NAIOP, he actively lobbies on behalf of the commercial development community locally and in both Washington, D.C. and in Tallahassee.

Concentrations

Meet Alan C. Sheppard, Jr.

•Commercial real estate development and finance
•Land use and zoning
•Taxation

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2013-2026
•Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2010, 2013, 2017-2018, and 2022
•Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers, 'Law Firm of the Year' in Real Estate Law, 2015
•Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, 'Top Tier' Firm in Real Estate, 2013 and 2014
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2011-2013, 2015, 2022 and 2023
•Recipient, NAIOP 'Distinguished Service' Award, 2000

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 3
    • Real Estate Leasing
    • Real Estate Operations
    • Manufacturing & Supply Chain Industry

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Italian
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of Fortune 100 publicly traded company in development of a master planned community of office, retail, light industrial, multi-family, medical
    other uses.
    Development of a transit oriented entitled area to support a commuter rail station.
    Represented banks
    other lending institutions in negotiating, structuring
    documenting real estate secured loans, including construction loans, loans for the acquisition
    development of residential subdivisions, conventional mortgage loans, working capital lines of credit,
    syndicated loan transactions.
    Represented large homebuilder in acquisition
    development of numerous residential subdivisions
    as lead counsel in a $750 million corporate refinance transaction.
    Representation of joint ventures in power center retail shopping centers.
    Representation of tenant in the lease of a suburban office building for a corporate headquarters
    call center.
    Represented a large Florida-based development firm in its office, industrial
    retail development work, including structuring joint venture agreements with equity partners
    included negotiating purchase
    sale contracts, due diligence, financing,
    horizontal development work.
    Representation of l
    owners seeking rezonings, variances, conditional uses, planned developments,
    comprehensive plan amendments.
    Negotiated, drafted,
    closed a joint venture agreement between a large Florida l
    holder
    a national development firm, as the developer, on a 50-plus-acre, mixed use site in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The project was a live-work-play development, incorporating many New Urbanist elements.
    Represented buyers
    developers of large single tenant warehouse
    distribution centers in Florida.
    Closed numerous traditional sale/leaseback transactions with institutional lenders
    life insurance companies between $65 million
    $400 million for manufacturing
    distribution facilities.
    Closed a $500 million revolving line of credit facility for a large grocery supermarket chain.
    Represented the lender as lead agent in a $200 million syndicated revolving line of credit facility to provide capital for the acquisition, construction,
    development of office parks by the borrower.
    Represented the developer in the acquisition, construction,
    mezzanine financing of $219 million resort condominium development,
    representation of hotel owners in obtaining additional entitlements.
    Participated in review of project lease financing documents on various energy
    project finance transactions, including a cogeneration facility.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1993, Florida
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Board of Directors BusinessForce
    •Past Chair of Board, Children's Home Society of Florida Central Florida Division
    •Member, Board of Governors, NAIOP Research Foundation, 2018
    •Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties of Florida (NAIOP)
    •Past President, Florida Chapter
    •Past President and Board Member, Central Florida Chapter

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Florida Levin College of Law
    Class of 1992
    J.D.
    1992 Teaching assistant

    University of Florida Levin College of Law
    Class of 1992
    J.D.
    Appellate Advocacy

    University of Florida Levin College of Law
    Class of 1992
    J.D.
    with honors
    Other Education
    Texas Christian University
    B.S.
    Florence

    Texas Christian University
    B.S.
    Economics and International Relations

    Texas Christian University
    B.S.
    1987 Junior Year Abroad

    Texas Christian University
    B.S.
    Italy

    Dean's List

    The University of Alabama School of Law
    Class of 2012
    magna cum laude

    The University of Alabama School of Law
    Class of 2012
    LL.M. Taxation
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1966
    Pensacola, Florida, August 10, 1966

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Attorneys FAQs

  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Alan C. Sheppard, Jr. was admitted in 1993 to the State of Florida.
  • Does this attorney speak any other languages?
    Alan C. Sheppard, Jr. speaks Italian.
  • Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?
    Yes, Alan C. Sheppard, Jr. has a 4.6 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Alan C. Sheppard, Jr. attended University of Florida Levin College of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.