Profile

Alan Dexter has over 26 years of experience representing real estate developers, owners and lenders. He is recognized for designing practical solutions to complex real estate and finance transactions.

Experience Highlights

• Managing the legal process for land acquisition, financing and sale of Class A garden and mid-rise apartment and condominium communities
• Documenting construction/mini-perm loans and revolving credit facilities for commercial real estate lenders
• Structuring tax-advantaged joint ventures for retail, multifamily and mixed-use projects
• Negotiating anchor tenant retail leases
• Counseling landlords and tenants on office and industrial projects
• Preparing build-to-suit contracts and leases for corporate headquarters facilities
• Drafting owner-architect and owner-contractor agreements
• Creating architectural controls, restrictive covenants and marketing programs for golf course and lakefront developments

News

• Alan Dexter Named Chair of Charlotte Regional Partnership
  May 14, 2012
• Alan Dexter Named to a Fourth Term on CRP Board of Directors
  July 31, 2008

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Tax-Advantaged Shopping Center Joint Ventures
  October 2011
  Round Table Discussion Leader, ICSC Law Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
• The Development Approval Process - Structuring the Deal
  April 2008
  Speaker, Lorman Education Services

Publications

"Limit Your Liability for New-Phase CAM Costs," Commercial Tenant's Lease Insider, April 24, 2007

"The Rule Against Perpetuities in Commercial Transactions," North Carolina Bar Association Real Property Section Newsletter, February 2002

Memberships

• Charlotte Regional Partnership
  Chair, 2012-2013; Vice Chair, 2012; Board of Directors and Board Operations Committee, 2004-present (Chair, Planning and Performance Review Committee, 2006-2009; Chair, Investor Relations Committee, 2010-2011)
• U.S. National Whitewater Center
  Board of Directors, 2002-present (Board Vice Chair, 2006-present)
• Mecklenburg County Bar
  Chairman, Real Property Section, 1995-1998
• Mecklenburg County Board of Tax Equalization and Review
  Chairman, 1992-1994
• Uptown YMCA
  Finance Committee, 1991-1995
• Urban Land Institute
  
• National Association of Office and Industrial Properties
  
• Charlotte Apartment Association
  
• International Council of Shopping Centers
  
• TerraLex
  International Real Estate Practice Group