R. Travis Rentz

Travis Rentz advises national and regional homebuilders, multifamily and mixed-use developers, residential community developers, and private equity investors with the acquisition, financing, entitlement, development, and disposition of complex real estate projects throughout Florida and the Southeast. He has represented clients in transactions involving more than $1 billion in aggregate asset value, including large-scale master-planned communities, Class A multifamily developments, mixed-use projects, land banking structures, and residential development platforms.

Travis currently represents multiple homebuilders and residential developers on matters involving land acquisition, due diligence, entitlement strategy, infrastructure coordination, development approvals, construction and development financing, and lot takedown and vertical development execution. He works closely with developers, builders, consultants, lenders, governmental agencies, and project stakeholders to structure and advance projects through all phases of development while managing entitlement, regulatory, transactional, and timing-related risks.

His experience includes negotiating and structuring complex purchase and sale agreements, joint development and land banking arrangements, development agreements, easements and infrastructure agreements, reciprocal access and shared-use agreements, CDD-related matters, and other project-defining agreements critical to residential and multifamily community development.

Travis also represents developers and investors in the acquisition, disposition, and financing of Class A multifamily assets and development sites, including construction loan financing and related development and operational matters.

Clients value Travis for his practical, business-oriented approach, his responsiveness, and his ability to navigate sophisticated development transactions and move projects efficiently from initial strategy and acquisition through completion.

Experience

• Represents multiple national and regional homebuilders, including one of the nation’s largest publicly traded homebuilders listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in connection with the acquisition, development, and disposition of land assets totaling more than $1 billion over the past 15 years.

• Represents Class A multifamily developers in the acquisition, entitlement, financing, development, and disposition of multifamily and mixed-use projects totaling more than $1 billion in aggregate value.

• Represented a senior housing and assisted living developer in the sale of a portfolio of assisted living facilities to a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) for an undisclosed purchase price.

• Represents a residential developer in the entitlement, development, and phased disposition of approximately 2400 units to multiple homebuilders.

Recognition

Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2010

Community Activities

• First Tee - Central Florida, Advisory Board, Member

Professional Certifications & Memberships

• The Florida Bar
• Orange County Bar Association