Office
215 North Eola Drive
Orlando, Florida 32801
Direct: (407) 418-6320
Office: (407) 843-4600
Fax: (407) 843-4444
eddie.francis@lowndes-law.com
Thomas E. "Eddie" Francis
Partner
Practice Areas
- Real Estate Transactions, Development and Finance
- Land Use and Zoning
- Commercial Leasing
- Developments Of Regional Impact
Education
- William & Mary School of Law, J.D., 1982
- University of Virginia, B.S., 1979
- Exeter University, Exeter, England
Admitted
- The Florida Bar - 1982
Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
- Listed in the Best Lawyers in America 2007-2008
- "Florida's Top Lawyers" Florida Monthly Magazine
- Orlando's Best Lawyers 2006-2008 Orlando Magazine
- Selected for inclusion in 2006-2008 Florida Super Lawyers
- "Top Lawyer" Florida Monthly Magazine
Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities
Professional AssociationsAmerican Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
The Florida Bar
Community Activities
University of Florida Real Estate Advisory BoardLeadership Winter Park, Class IV
Leadership Orlando, Alumnus
Leadership Central Florida, Alumnus
City of Orlando Community and Youth Services Board, past Board Member and Chairman
City of Orlando Municipal Planning Board, past Board Member and Chairman
Publications and Lectures
"The Law of Nonconforming Uses" for NBI Land Use Law Update Seminar"DRI and Land Development Issues" for CNL
Editor of College of William and Mary Law Review, 1981-1982
Representative Client Experience
Over 23 years representing local, national and international clients in real estate transactions, finance, leasing, development, land use and zoning. Experience includes large, multi-state portfolio real estate transactions; retail and office leasing; real estate loan transactions; negotiating economic incentive agreements with local government; development of large mixed-use projects; master declarations and REA's; zoning, planned unit developments, comprehensive plan amendments, developments of regional impact, subdivisions, annexation agreements, variances and conditional uses; vested rights and concurrency issues; and many other aspects of land use and real estate development.Representative Projects
- CNL Center I and CNL Center II (office towers in downtown Orlando)
- Hughes Supply corporate headquarters in downtown Orlando
- Fashion Square Mall DRI
- Heathrow DRI
- Sun Bank Center DRI
- Marriott Village at Little Lake Bryan (hotel and restaurant project)
- Wachovia Regional Service Center
- Legacy Place at Millenia (office building)
- Park Central (large, multi-phase multi-family project)
- World Golf Village (large mixed-use project in St. Augustine)
- Darden Restaurants (restaurant site acquisitions and leases for all Darden concepts - Red Lobster, Olive Garden and Smokey Bones)
- Universal Studios Florida (leases for CityWalk)
- CNL Retirement - portfolio acquisitions, management agreements, and development projects for assisted living and independent living facilities


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