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Ann Arbor
Tel 734 213 3439
Fax734 995 1777
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James C. Adams

James C. Adams is a shareholder based in Butzel Long’s Ann Arbor office, practicing in the area of real estate law. He is a 1974 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Law and a 1971 graduate of Michigan State University.

Mr. Adams’ substantial practice experience includes representation of developers, lenders, architects, construction contractors and construction managers, public and private corporations, municipalities and public agencies, in connection with all aspects of real estate, including: acquisition; public and private financing; tax incentives and other economic inducements; affordable housing development; condominium structuring and development, land use and zoning; distressed project work-outs; construction of municipal, commercial, and residential projects; selling, leasing, and otherwise disposing of property; and funding, construction, operation, and maintenance of urban transit systems.

Experience

Co-authored and negotiated passage of historic legislation extending the availability of tax increment financing to the first major retail shopping center being developed in the City of Detroit in over 40 years
Acted as outside special counsel to a municipality on three proposed multi-use, urban redevelopment projects with an aggregate development cost in excess of $300 million
Represented a bank in connection with the acquisition for re-use and adaptation of the site of a failed multi-use development project in a Northern Michigan resort community
Represented the construction manager of a $300 Million sports stadium in the City of Detroit