The firm currently serves as general counsel to the Boards of Directors and Managers of over 75 cooperatives and condominiums throughout the New York metropolitan area. As a result of Mr. Dix’s work in the field for over 22 years, including his representation of the Association of Riverdale Cooperatives, an community organization in Riverdale, New York with a membership of more than 100 cooperative corporations, the firm has developed a highly respected reputation in the area of cooperative and condominium law.

Clients range from multi-building, garden apartment complexes to small brownstones, including buildings converted from rental premises and new construction projects. We handle a full range of legal services for these clients, including matters arising out of governing documents such as offerings plans, proprietary leases and by-laws.

Issues include tenant-shareholder relations, election and Board procedures, collection of arrears in maintenance or common charges, labor disputes, discrimination claims, filing and foreclosing of liens, transfers of apartments and shares, sales and subleasing, mortgage refinancing, construction contracts and claims, tax certiorari proceedings, commercial leasing, and governmental matters.

Some of the services we typically provide to our cooperative and condominium clients include:       

• Counseling of Boards on day-to-day building matters
• Amendments to Proprietary Leases, By-Laws and House Rules
• Drafting of Corporate resolutions and policies
• Oversight of construction and renovation projects
• Negotiation and preparation of leases and capital repair/improvement contracts
• Financing/Refinancing of underlying building mortgages and secondary loans
• Representation in workouts with sponsors and banks
• Litigation to enforce the terms of the Proprietary Lease, including collection of arrears
• Representation of parties before the Attorney General’s office
• Assisting Boards with election issues and strategies
• Performing the responsibilities of Transfer Agent for the Corporation

The Real Estate Practice Group of Mitchell A. Dix & Associates is widely recognized for its effective legal representation of clients in all elements of residential and commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, construction, refinancing and disposition, as well as a variety of legal matters related to the ownership/management of residential real property, such as non-payment summary proceedings, hold-over matters, closings and other forms of asset transactions.

Our experience in real estate transactions has added value for our clients in the following areas:

• Brokerage and management arrangements
• Business formation and entity selection
• Buying and selling real estate
• Certificates of occupancy
• Commercial and retail development
• Construction law issues.
• Contract drafting, negotiation and litigation.
• Development and construction agreements.
• Financing and refinancing.
• Health care properties.
• Investment properties.
• Land use, zoning, variances, special exceptions, setbacks and permits.
• Liens and lien releases.
• Mortgages and foreclosures.
• Preparing purchase agreements, deeds, leases and bills of sale.
• Real estate closings.
• Real estate corporations and real estate partnerships.
• Title examinations and title insurance.

From the routine and everyday issues to the most complex and sophisticated dilemmas, our attorneys bring cutting edge representation to all aspects of real estate law.

The attorneys of Mitchell A. Dix & Associates counsel the firm’s clients in numerous operational aspects of business, such as structuring and negotiating licenses, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and the drafting and negotiating of various commercial agreements, and can assist in a wide variety of corporate and transactional matters, including acquisitions and sales, establishment of subsidiaries and affiliates, sales/purchases/leases of real property, contract reviews and corporate governance matters.

Our approach to servicing clients is simple: we listen to their needs. In doing so, we get to know their business and strategic objectives, and are better able to work with them in a prompt and cost efficient manner to develop creative business and legal solutions to their most complex problems. Our corporate, regulatory and real estate experience allows us to provide comprehensive and efficient legal services on both small and large transactions, including:

• Entity formation for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and joint ventures
• Contract drafting and negotiation for residential and commercial sales, leasing, license agreements and all forms of business transactions

Corporate litigation for companies and individuals in trial and appellate courts, at both the federal and state levels

Not-for-profit corporations and health care facilities in a wide range of matters, with particular emphasis on the development, expansion and financing of their physical facilities. In this area, we handle real estate, financing, construction, land use/zoning, administrative and community board proceedings and corporate work. On behalf of our health care and not-for-profit clients, we handle a broad range of facilities development matters as well as financing transactions.

In addition to matters involving buying or selling real estate or development rights for these clients, we handle matters involving construction and renovation of facilities, leasing of expansion or satellite space for medical or administrative purposes, bank loans and letter of credit financings, equipment financings (including tax exempt leasing programs) and facilities projects financings.

In the area of project financings, we have substantial experience in the handling of FHA-insured mortgage loans and tax-exempt bond financings.