LARRY N. WOODARD, Esq.
real estate attorney, Larry Woodard has represented Fortune 500
companies, private developers, condominium associations, investors,
landlords, tenants, private REITs and syndications in the development,
financing, leasing, zoning, acquisition or disposal of their real estate
interests. Mr. Woodard has participated in over $100,000,000 in real estate
transactions and in the leasing of over 500,000 square feet of commercial
space. His practice also extends into construction and mechanics lien
litigation as well as real estate tax assessment appeals.
Mr. Woodard has been lead counsel in the development or conversion of
numerous condominiums throughout the Southwest suburbs and the
Chicago neighborhoods of Bronzeville, South Shore, Englewood, River
North, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, River West, Uptown, Bucktown, and Wicker
Park. Its developments range in size from the conversion of a two-flat to a
conversion and redevelopment of a 186 unit multi-building apartment
complex.
Larry Woodard also counts as his clients a number of closely held corporate
entities owning a wide ranging portfolio of real estate including suburban
industrial properties, downstate office buildings, and urban retail centers. In
his representation, Mr. Woodard addresses his client's acquisitions,
leasing, construction, management, and financing issues in his client's
day-to-day operation and ownership of their portfolio.
Mr. Woodard is an active member of the International Council of Shopping
Centers, the Northern Illinois Commercial Association of Realtors and the
Chicago Association of Realtors, as well as the real estate sections of the
Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations. He has spoken or written articles on
the subject of real estate law for the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois
State Bar Association, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the
Southwest Association of Home Builders, and the Chicago Association of
Realtors.
Mr. Woodard received bachelors' degrees in both economics and
philosophy, with distinction, from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. He received both his law degree and masters of law
(LL.M.) in real estate from the John Marshall Law School. At John Marshall,
he was a published member of both the John Marshall Journal of Computer
and Information Law and the John Marshall Law Review.
