Real Estate 2026

USA – ALABAMA Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Adam J. Sigman, Crystal H. Walls, Nathan Stotser, Katie Sinclair and Courtney Dow Dentons

Dentons is a global law firm with a team of over 1,000 real estate lawyers in more than 80 countries across the globe, including more than 180 real estate law - yers spread across 45 locations in the United States, and 19 real estate lawyers throughout the state of Al - abama. Dentons’ team of real estate lawyers is adept at handling the myriad of needs pertaining to real estate developers and investors, including assisting

clients in procuring capital and credit, often com - bining construction, permanent, mezzanine and tax credit facilities with equity participations. The team is also well equipped to handle zoning and other land use matters, as well as litigation and controversies, including eminent domain, design and construction, environmental regulatory enforcement, ejectments, and dealing with insolvent counterparties.

Authors

Adam J. Sigman is a shareholder in Dentons’ real estate and corporate and securities practices and serves as the chair of the Dentons Sirote Real Estate practice. Sigman represents developers and investors

including leasing, acquisitions and sales, financing and other commercial real estate needs.

Nathan Stotser is a senior managing associate in Dentons’ real estate practice. He focuses on commercial real estate and commercial lending, and represents a broad spectrum of clients in the industry including

in connection with acquisitions, sales, equity and securities, credit facilities, leases and all other aspects of commercial real estate needs. His clients work in all of the primary asset categories, including retail, office, industrial/warehouse, multifamily, healthcare and life sciences, restaurant and hospitality, entertainment and sports, education, and agricultural, ranch and hunting properties. He also counsels clients on general corporate, intellectual property, management and operations, and tax planning matters. Sigman is a member of the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law section of the American Bar Association.

developers, investors, purchasers and sellers in real estate acquisitions, sales, leases and other real estate transactions.

Katie Sinclair is a managing associate in Dentons’ real estate practice, where she focuses on representing commercial real estate clients across the Southeast in a variety of areas including acquisition and

development of multifamily and commercial sites, leasing transactions, and providing legal counsel on zoning and land use laws.

Crystal H. Walls is a shareholder in Dentons’ real estate and corporate and securities practices. Walls’s practice encompasses a broad array of commercial real estate transactions and clients. Drawing on her past

Courtney Dow is a managing associate in Dentons’ real estate practice, where she focuses on

experience as Assistant General Counsel for a regional commercial real estate developer with approximately 15 million rentable square feet under management in the southeastern United States and Sunbelt, Crystal advises clients in retail, restaurant, office and industrial and multifamily properties,

commercial real estate. Her practice primarily focuses on reviewing and preparing commercial leases, real estate purchase and sale documents, and various related agreements.

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