Brian J. Kott

OF COUNSEL / Detroit, MI
phone: 313-961-2550
fax: 313-961-1270
email:

After 22 years in the real estate business, Brian Kott returned to the practice of law in 1998.  Active in the areas of both real estate and public law. He works extensively with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, the City of Detroit Downtown Development Authority, The Economic Development Corporation of the City of Detroit and HP Devco Inc. He has been involved in many projects that combine his legal expertise with his practical understanding of the economic development process. Brian has represented the various City of Detroit related agencies in transactions relating to most of the economic activities that have taken place in the City of Detroit over the past ten years. These include: 1) the relocation of Compuware's world headquarters into downtown Detroit; 2) the rehabilitation of the Book Cadillac Hotel, a $186 million project; 3) the creation of the I-94 Industrial Park, a 189 acre industrial redevelopment project; 4) the Jefferson Village residential project, consisting of the development of approximately 400 new home sites within the City of Detroit; 5) negotiation of the development agreement for the rehabilitation of the Uniroyal Site, a 43 acre environmentally challenged former industrial site on the Detroit River, into a mixed residential/commercial development; 6) the negotiation of a development agreement with Rock Financial Corporation in connection with the relocation of its world headquarters into downtown Detroit. Brian represents his clients in the negotiation, administration, closing, and implementation of these and many similar transactions. He also advises his clients on the meaning and interpretation of the Michigan statutes pursuant to which they are formed.

  • AREAS OF PRACTICEPublic Finance and Public Law, Advising Municipal Entities, Economic Development Issues, Real Estate Development Representing Municipal Entities, Construction Contracts Representing Owners, Munic
  • BAR ADMISSIONSMichigan
  • EDUCATIONJD, University of Michigan Law School, BA, University of Michigan

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

CIVIC, CULTURAL + SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

  • Detroit Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, Past President
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