Robert P. Legg

• Commercial Real Estate

• U.S. News and Best Lawyers® Honors 14 NQGRG Practices and 10 Attorneys Among Baltimore’s Best in 2021

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

• Maryland State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
• Former Member, Subcommittee on letters of credit as a substitute for surety bonds, owner's concerns when reviewing design and construction contracts
• Former Member, Subcommittee on the design and construction industry's response to the 1987 Edition of the General Conditions of the Contract for Construction
• Former Member, Committee on Construction and Design
• Former Member, Committee on Literature and Publications and its Subcommittee on Significant Literature
• Former Chairman, Committee on Title Insurance's Subcommittee on Transfer and Recording Taxes
• Former Member, Committee on Mortgages and other Debt Financing and its Subcommittee on Easements

• Former Adjunct Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University

Office Building Acquisitions and Leasing

• Served as purchaser’s counsel for the $1.6 Billion acquisition of 5 Times Square office building in New York City.
• Serves as lead counsel to Guardian Realty Investors and an affiliated private REIT, which owns and manages over 45 primarily Class A office buildings located in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland. Provides legal services for all aspects of acquisition, disposition, development, leasing and management of the company's office building portfolio.
• Served as purchaser's counsel for a the $120 million, tri-property multicounty project encompassing 11 office buildings located in Harrisburg/Green Hills, Pennsylvania, which included Penske Trucking's national headquarters.
• Served as purchaser's counsel for a $70 million Class A office building in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
• Acted as purchaser's counsel for the $160 million Class A multibuilding Summit Technology Park office project located in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Represented the buyer in the acquisition of a $60 million, multiparcel, five-office building project located in Northern Virginia.

Shopping Centers

• Represents several owners and redevelopers of large-scale, multiple shopping center projects located in greater Baltimore, Maryland; Annapolis, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and Western Maryland, including:
  • Redevelopment of the Hunt Valley Mall in Baltimore County.
  • Acquisition, construction and leasing of the 200,000-square-foot Westview Center in Frederick, Maryland.
  • Lease negotiation for major national and regional tenants for both in-line and ground lease space. 

Apartment Complexes

• Represented numerous purchasers and sellers in the acquisition and disposition of apartment complexes located in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Ohio and Florida.
• Served as counsel to several developers and redevelopers of low-income housing projects located in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland.

Construction

• Provided construction contract counsel to the owner and developer of the $350 million, mixed-use Ritz Carlton development in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Involved in all aspects of multiple design and construction contracts.
• Provided construction and design contract counsel to the Maryland Stadium Authority in connection with the development of the Baltimore Orioles baseball stadium in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.

Lending

• Counsels on securitized lending transactions, low-income housing tax credits and state and county loans and grants.

• Author, "A Commercial Lease Summary Form" and "Model Food Court Lease Provisions" appearing in The Practical Real Estate Lawyer.