The law firm of Angelo & Banta, P.A. is pleased to announce it recently represented AutoNation in connection with a new lease for the relocation of its corporate headquarters from 110 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale to 200 Las Olas Circle in downtown Fort Lauderdale. AutoNation will lease five floors at 200 Las Olas Circle containing approximately 105,000 square feet […]

FT. LAUDERDALE – The firm’s managing shareholder, Thomas P. Angelo, as well as attorneys Philip M. Hanaka and Michael S. Foelster of Angelo & Banta, P.A., recently represented Regions Bank in closing a $67.5 million acquisition and construction loan to Plantation Residential LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, to finance the development and construction of a 481-unit luxury apartment project […]

The city’s original offer on the property was for $1,834,225 By Andres Amerikaner of The Miami Herald The largest commercial landowner in Sunny Isles Beach is starting to throw his weight around. While settling an eminent domain suit with the city for $7 million earlier this month, developer Raanan Katz, an Israeli immigrant who owns four outdoor malls in Sunny […]

The law firm of Angelo & Banta, P.A. is pleased to announce it represented American Land Ventures of Miami in the formation of a joint venture and the related acquisition of The Strand, a 295-unit luxury high-rise residential tower on the south bank of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. The firm assisted American Land Ventures in negotiating and […]

The law firm of Angelo & Banta, P.A. represented Hamid Hashemi and his company LAH Aviation Holdings, LLC in the acquisition of Premier Aviation of Boca Raton, L.L.C., which owns a 15-acre fixed base operation (“FBO”) and related development property at the Boca Raton Municipal Airport. Firm partners Thomas P. Angelo and Gavin S. Banta, along with associate Florian Ellison, […]

The law firm of Angelo & Banta, P.A. recently acted as counsel to Starwood Hotels and its affiliate, Lauderdale Hotel Realty, LLC, in the sale of the Westin Cypress Creek Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Firm partners Tom Angelo and Gavin Banta both worked on the closing. The Westin Cypress Creek Hotel is a 15-story hotel with 293 rooms and […]

by Jennifer LeClaire of the Florida Real Estate Journal In a legal landscape where behemoth law firms are gobbling up boutique practices, Fort Lauderdale’s Angelo & Banta PA is determined to do the mega deals without the mega roster. Led by managing shareholder Thomas Angelo, the eight-attorney firm frequently litigates real estate cases against legal industry titans like Greenberg Traurig, […]

The law firm of Angelo & Banta, P.A. is pleased to announce it recently represented American Land Ventures of Miami in the formation of a joint venture and the related acquisition of The Strand, a 295-unit luxury high-rise residential tower currently under construction on the south bank of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. The firm assisted American Land […]

By Sharon Harvey Rosenberg Lawyers have donated about 1.5 million hours to pro bono cases over the past year, according to data from the Florida Bar Association. Local Florida Bar Association members are also active as volunteers. In Fort Lauderdale, Thomas Angelo — managing shareholder of Angelo & Banta — uses his expertise and contacts in real estate law to […]

If a company is known by the clients it serves and keeps, the boutique law firm led by Thomas Angelo is famous. The three largest domestic financial institutions – Bank of America, Wachovia, and Citibank- all trust his firm with closing their financial transactions. Last year, Angelo closed a $208 million Bank of America syndicated construction loan to the Related […]