Richard Kaiser

Richard Kaiser is a partner in Glaser Weil’s Real Estate Department. Rick represents large development companies, private real estate investment trusts (REITs) and retail companies in a broad range of real estate transactions. He concentrates his practice on real estate matters related to commercial developments, including neighborhood centers, lifestyle centers, regional malls, urban locations, mixed-use developments, high-street retail locations, office buildings and industrial projects.

Rick has extensive experience negotiating and drafting leases (including ground leases, build-to-suit leases, reverse build-to-suit leases, specialty leases and in-line space leases), purchase and sale agreements, site development agreements, CC&Rs, REAs, OEAs and easements. He provides practical advice that protects his clients’ interests while getting deals done.

Rick assists clients with the drafting and negotiating of:

• Leases with regional and national tenants
  • Ground leases
  • Build-to-suit leases
  • Reverse build-to-suit leases
  • Specialty leases
  • In-line space leases
• Contracts related to repositioning aging retail centers into state-of-the-art mixed-use developments with retail, residential, office and entertainment components
• Purchase and sale agreements, note purchase agreements and deed-in-lieu transactions
• CC&Rs, REAs, COREAs and other related documents

Thought Leadership

Co-author, “Retail Leasing, Drafting and Negotiating the Lease,” a comprehensive two-volume manual on negotiating retail leases, Continuing Education of the Bar-California, 2007

Member, International Council of Shopping Centers