Practice Areas
Education
- Emory University, B.A., 1966
- University of Georgia, J.D., cum laude, 1970
Honors
- Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review, 1969-1970
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Thirty-Fourth Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
TEL: 404.658.5445
FAX: 404.659.1852
William D. Montgomery ("Bill") heads the Commercial Real Estate Practice Group in the Atlanta, Georgia office of the firm. His real estate experience reflects the growth, evolution and complexity of the dynamic metro Atlanta and southeastern United States real estate markets during the last quarter of the 20th century and first decade of the 21st century.
Mr. Montgomery primarily represents developers, owners and investors in connection with the acquisition, disposition, development, financing and leasing of a variety of real estate assets. They have included mixed use projects, residential subdivisions including several at environmentally sensitive locations, apartment complexes, office developments including high rise, low rise and medical office projects, retail developments, industrial and manufacturing facilities and hotel and resort developments. He has also represented The Travelers Insurance Company and MetLife Insurance Company in a variety of agrifinance transactions primarily located in middle and south Georgia involving large farming operations, timber operations and cotton gins.
Significant Transactions
- Redevelopment and releasing for the owner of a Whole Foods anchored shopping center in the heart of Atlanta's high end Buckhead area.
- Represented developer in sale of a 1,000 acre North Georgia mountain residential golf course centered resort project.
- Representation of a developer in the complex assemblage and development of an 80 acre 500,000 square foot regional retail mall site with concurrent sales to Kohl's and JCPenney.
- Represented Purchaser in the acquisition of a to be constructed downtown hotel component of the retail, residential and hotel/condominium.
- Represented Sellers of a midtown retail center to a national developer for a rezoned and redeveloped mixed use complex.
- Represented Manufacturer/Owner in the expansion, acquisition and refinancing of a lighting manufacturing facility from Development Authority originally financed with industrial development bonds.
- With construction partners and in-house general counsel represented national apartment developer in the settlement of construction disputes with master developer and contractor by disposition of four (4) out of six (6) mid-rise apartment buildings.