Thomas C. Arendt
Member
Mr. Arendt is a Member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. He is experienced in acquisition and development, leasing, and real estate workouts and foreclosures.
- P 602.262.5925
- F 602.495.2636
- tarendt@jsslaw.com
- Phoenix, AZ
- Real Estate
J.D., Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (1982)
- cum laude
- Managing Editor, Law Review, Arizona State Law Journal
B.A., University of Arizona (1979)
- with High Distinction
- Phi Beta Kappa
Biography
Mr. Arendt is a Member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. He is experienced in acquisition and development, leasing, and real estate workouts and foreclosures. His representation has included various ground-up developments, retail centers, as well as banks and lenders in deed of trust and mezzanine projects.
Mr. Arendt is a Certified Real Estate Specialist with the Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. He has been listed in Southwest Super Lawyers® for over seven consecutive years, is included among Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Real Estate since 2002.
Mr. Arendt is currently a member of the State Bar’s Real Estate Advisory Commission.
Admissions
Arizona (1982)
Representative Experience
- Representation of banks and other lenders in deed of trust and mezzanine financings, workouts, and foreclosures of commercial real estate, including hospitality projects
- Acquisitions for investors throughout the Western United States
- Represented Phoenix-based developer that has developed 5,000,000 square feet of retail and commercial property in the state of Arizona
- Represented Phoenix-based developer on ground-up redevelopment of a three-block city center in downtown Phoenix
- Assisted various development entities in the ground-up development of nine power centers in the state of Arizona, including the largest power center in the state
- Significant leasing work in the Salt, Gila, and Navajo communities
- Ranch purchases and sales, including water and water rights
- Representation of developers in substantial governmental development agreements (incentive agreements)
- Representation of developers in obtaining municipal entitlements in the Phoenix area
Media and Presentations
Articles
- “Lease Negotiation Handbook,” Co-Author, ALI-ABA (2003)
Memberships
State Bar of Arizona
- Member (1982 – present)
- Certified Real Estate Specialist (1992 – present)
Honors and Awards
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review RatedTM
- Phoenix magazine “TopLawyer,” Real Estate (2022)
- The Best Lawyers in America© in the category of Real Estate Law (2002 – 2023)
- Arizona Business Leaders Magazine, Az Business Leaders, Real Estate (2020 – 2021)
- AZ Big Media, “Top 100 Lawyers for 2019” (2019)
- Southwest Super Lawyers®, Real Estate Law (2007 – 2019)