Jonetta�s primary area of expertise is leasing, a specialty she has practiced for the past 16 years. She has represented a rich mix of national and regional tenants and landlords in leases for shopping centers, malls, office buildings, industrial buildings, and build-to-suit properties. A sample of locations (but not a complete list) where she has leased space in the last couple of years includes Arizona (Chandler, Phoenix, Scottsdale); Arkansas (Little Rock); California (Antelope, Citrus Heights, City of Industry, Dublin, Elk Grove, Hayward, Palisades, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, Stockton); Colorado (Boulder, Greenwood Village); Delaware (Wilmington); Georgia (Norcross); Illinois (Chicago, Effingham, Kankakee, Rolling Meadows); Kansas (Lenexa); Massachusetts (Westborough); Michigan (Coon Rapids, Detroit, Livonia); Minnesota (Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Eagan, St. Paul); Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); North Carolina (Raleigh); Ohio (Bedford, Independence); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); South Carolina (Greenwood); Tennessee (Nashville); Texas (Austin, Coppell, Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Irving, Lewisville, Richardson, San Antonio); Virginia (Alexandria, Chantilly, Richmond); and Washington DC.
Jonetta�s practice also includes expertise in various other real estate transactions on a national basis, including:
representation of a variety of entities in connection with their ownership of real property, including pension funds, pension fund advisors, real estate investment trusts, bankruptcy trustees, and special servicers
synthetic lease transactions
representation of both sellers and buyers in the purchase and sale of all types of real property
preparation of standard forms for leasing, purchases and sales, and other agreements typically used by owners of real estate
day-to-day asset management transactions such as property management agreements, commission agreements, listing agreements, parking agreements, assignment and subleasing transactions, tenant defaults, easements, reciprocal easement agreements, and condemnations
REPRESENTATVE EXPERIENCE
Negotiated build-to-suit lease with regional printing company for pension fund
Negotiated ground lease with national grocery chain for pension fund
Sold multiple hotel properties for special servicer
Negotiate all leases and handle all tenant disputes in multiple office and industrial buildings and shopping centers for national real estate company
Participated in purchase of 24 shopping centers in one transaction for national real estate company
Created for pension fund client form books for purchase and sale transactions (contracts from both seller and buyer perspectives, estoppels, negotiation guidelines, confidentiality agreements, access agreements, lease review forms, survey requirements, and closing checklists) and leasing transactions (lease forms for office, industrial, and shopping center properties, short form lease, month-to-month lease, estoppels, work letters, and lien subordination agreements), and day-to-day property management (property management agreements, leasing agreements, and easements)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Dallas Bar Association
Section of Real Property Law
State Bar of Texas
Attorneys Serving the Community
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