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Mr. Piggott is Director of the Real Estate and Environmental Department and Practice Group Leader of the Real Estate Practice Group. He practices general real estate law, with an emphasis on commercial and residential development, leasing, construction, public/private projects, master planned communities, complex real estate transactions, real estate workouts and foreclosures, and eminent domain.
Experience
Mr. Piggott has been involved in all aspects of complex real estate transactions, in which he has represented developers, users, lenders, health care systems, manufacturers, investors, municipalities and other public bodies. For many years Mr. Piggott was the lead attorney for Renaissance Center Venture, culminating in the sale of Renaissance Center. He also was the lead attorney on behalf of Majestic Star Casino in connection with the establishment of a joint venture with Trump, Inc. for riverboat gaming at Buffington Harbor in Gary, Indiana. He has been involved in a number of complex public/private projects, including redevelopment projects in Detroit, Dearborn, Eastpointe, Kalamazoo, Petoskey and other municipalities. He has extensive experience in the development, construction, leasing, sale, disposition or financing of a wide variety of projects, including single family subdivisions, mixed-use projects, office projects and industrial plants, and has served as real estate counsel in the leveraged lease financing of an automobile manufacturing facility and a steel making facility. He also has been involved in a number of sales, purchases or exchanges (simultaneous, reverse or deferred) of aircraft.
Mr. Piggott has served on the Firm’s management committee. He has lectured for the Real Property Law Section of the Michigan State Bar, Federal Publications and other bar or professional associations. He also was a principal author of the Michigan legislation that authorizes business improvement districts. | 