Curtis J. Petersen
Kansas
Polsinelli PC
900 W. 48th Place
Suite 900
Kansas City, MO 64112
Tel: 913.234.7458
Email:
cpetersen@polsinelli.com
Web:
www.polsinelli.com
As part of his real estate practice, Curtis also represents clients both locally and nationally in connection with the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, and sale of all classes of real estate. In addition, he has significant experience assisting clients in planning, zoning, land use, and redevelopment.
Representative Experience
- Iconic, Mixed-Use Development: obtained $81 million in Star Bond Financing, $30 million in Community Improvement District Financing, and $55 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds; handled all aspects of private debt and equity financing.
- Historic Church Transformed into Luxury Apartments: Successfully navigated highly contentious rezoning and secured millions of dollars of public financing for redevelopment of historic church and construction of structured parking facility.
- University Sports Stadiums: secured public-private partnership for the construction of city recreation center and series of sports stadiums for large university; $40 million of industrial revenue bonds (tax abatement and sales tax exemption).
Education
- University of Virginia (J.D., 2004)
- Order of the Coif
- Rice University (B.A., 2001)
- summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Kansas, 2004
- Missouri, 2008
The Polsinelli Real Estate practice arms industry clients with the ability to seize opportunities presented by the market as well as avoid and resolve challenges that inevitably arise along the way. With decades of experience and a broad array of knowledge in all aspects of the real estate industry, our attorneys recognize both the opportunities and challenges that real estate matters present to clients.
Our experience cuts across all segments of the real estate industry and includes collaborating with clients throughout every step of a real estate transaction. We have been involved in office, industrial, student housing, retail, mixed-use, resort and hospitality, multifamily and single-family residential transactions in virtually every state in the country. We have teams focusing on sub-markets such as health care and renewable energy.
Polsinelli real estate attorneys handle all aspects of a real estate deal – from acquisition through development, debt and equity financing, leasing and disposition. Every year, our real estate attorneys close billions of dollars worth of real estate transactions with industry leaders. From single-asset transactions to large portfolio transactions, we have the expertise and bandwidth to handle them all.
“Curtis Petersen is a prominent real estate lawyer and part of the Kansas City team. He handles all manner of commercial real estate transactions, including financings and developments, as well as economic incentives.”