McMahon Clarke Legal

Mark Lyons


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Property

What we do?

What are our areas of expertise?

Recent projects

The next step

What we do?

The Property Group is a reflection of our firm�s ongoing commitment to the provision of specialised legal services in the areas in which we practice.

Our team provides expert property law and related commercial advice to our clients within a broad range of property sectors and also works closely with the firm�s corporate, funds management, agribusiness and private client specialists to provide expert property law advice to the firm�s clients in those areas.

What are our areas of expertise?

The Property Group delivers timely, accurate and commercial legal advice for property investors and developers. Additionally, the firm�s background in the property funds and agribusiness sectors gives the members of the team a unique understanding of the legal and commercial issues relating to acquisition, development, management and disposal of properties owned by clients operating in those industries.

A summary of the work we do is set out below:

Commercial, retail, agricultural and industrial sales and acquisitions.
Commercial, retail and industrial development work.
Preparation of contracts and pre-contractual disclosure.
Strata title development work, including preparation of "off the plan" contracts and disclosure documents.
Commercial/Industrial and retail leasing.
Major tenancy negotiations.
Hotel, resort and tourism developments.
Due diligence investigations.
Development agreements and joint ventures.
Sale and acquisition of businesses with a special focus on the hotel industry and agribusiness.
Due diligence investigations on business acquisitions.

Recent projects

Client	Work done
Atec Freight Terminals	Acted for the Atec Freight Terminals Trust in the establishment of the trust, capital raising and acquisition of strategic Queensland transport infrastructure properties.
SAITeysMcMahon	Manage the leasing for the portfolio of properties in Queensland including hospitals, medical centres, retail, commercial and industrial property. Contract negotiation, due diligence and acquisition of large modern shopping centre at Surfers Paradise, Queensland (majors plus 76 specialty retail and office tenants). Negotiation and sale of multi-tenant industrial warehouse facility at Brisbane, Queensland. Contract negotiation, due diligence and acquisition of greenfield retail site at Gold Coast, Queensland, including preparation and negotiation of development and construction contracts. Negotiation and sale of retail strip shopping centre at Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Contract negotiation, due diligence and acquisition of 12 storey CBD commercial office building in Brisbane, Queensland. Negotiation and sale of strata-title retail shopping strip at Alexandra Beach, Queensland. Negotiation and sale of medical centre at Brisbane, Queensland. Due diligence for acquisition of a private hospital at Brisbane, Queensland. Preparation and negotiation of documentation for a joint venture development of a shopping centre on the Sunshine Coast. Acquisition for agribusiness schemes of various vineyards, horticulture plantations and processing facilities in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Becton	Due diligence for acquisition of 4.084 ha industrial warehouse facility at Brisbane, Queensland. Due Diligence and acquisition of an industrial property at Richlands, Brisbane, Queensland. Due diligence for acquisition of transport warehouse and distribution facility at Hemmant, Queensland. Negotiation, due diligence and acquisition of industrial waste disposal and recycling facility at Darwin, Northern Territory. Negotiation, due diligence and acquisition of 10 storey commercial office building at Darwin, Northern Territory.
Elderslie Finance Corporation Limited	Acting in relation to the acquisition and leasing up of commercial strata lots at Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast.
Austar United Communications Limited	Drafted, negotiated and managed all commercial leases for Austar properties in Queensland on their entry into Australia.
Rewards Agribusiness	Acted for Rewards Land in its teak agribusiness schemes acquisition of twelve North Queensland plantation sites.
Nelson Enterprises Pty Ltd	Manage leasing portfolio for a substantial private landowner in Queensland, comprising retail, commercial and industrial property. Sale of large commercial storage facility and business at Coopers Plains, Queensland. Acquisition and partial on-sale/joint venture of agribusiness project at Bundaberg, Queensland. Negotiation and sale of agricultural holdings at Dalby, Queensland.
Reed Funds Management Limited	Acted for the Reed Property Trust in the establishment of the trust and the acquisition of three retail/bulky goods shopping centres in South East Queensland.
Goldpin Tenpin Bowling proprietors	Acted for private operators of tenpin bowling centres on the sale and leaseback of a portfolio of commercial/retail properties to AMF Corporation.
Forest Enterprises Australia Agribusiness (FEA)	Acted for FEA in its acquisition of a number of South-East Queensland plantation sites.
Major Hotel leasing	Acted for the owners of accommodation of hotels in negotiating leases with Mirvac (Victoria), Crowne Plaza (New South Wales), Somerset Apartments (Victoria), All Seasons Hotels and Resorts (New South Wales), and Broadwater Hospitality (Western Australia).
Pub & Tavern work	Members of the team have acted for some of the largest publicans in Queensland in relation to: � The acquisition and sale of numerous pubs and taverns. � Site development, including assistance in obtaining liquor licensing and gaming approvals. � Advice on all aspects of gaming and liquor licensing compliance. � Various gaming and licensing applications. � Pub and tavern leasing, including detached bottle shop leases. � Gaming authority disputes.

The Next Step

If you would like to talk to us about assisting you with a property investment or development,

then contact Mark Lyons