Karen B. Bjorkman
Partner
f612.642.8307
karen.bjorkman@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Karen Bjorkman, a partner in Maslon's Real Estate Group, has extensive experience in all areas of commercial real estate. Karen's no-nonsense, sensible approach to negotiation and legal resolutions help her facilitate both simple and complex transactions, with an emphasis on completing transactions in an orderly and efficient manner. Karen represents lenders, developers, borrowers and other property owners in all types of property-related transactions, including financing, development of real estate, real estate related estate planning, and drafting and negotiating of commercial leases from both the landlord and the tenant's perspective, including retail, office, industrial and ground leases. She also represents financial institutions in connection with their commercial lending transactions, including drafting and negotiating and workouts on all aspects of commercial and construction lending documents. Karen has extensive experience in title insurance, survey and easement matters, and has represented multiple clients in Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges.
- Financial Services
- Commercial Loan Documentation
- Creditors' Rights in Bankruptcy
- Defaulted Loans and Workouts
- Real Estate
- Acquisitions, Sales and Exchanges
- Due Diligence Activities
- Purchase and Sale Transactions
- Tax-Deferred Exchanges
- Title and Survey Review
- Commercial Leasing
- Ground Leases
- Office, Warehouse and Industrial Leases
- Property Management
- Restaurant and Retail Leases
- Subleasing and Assignment
- Design, Engineering and Construction Agreements
- Development
- Environmental
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Real Estate Disputes
- Disputes between Buyers and Sellers
- Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Real Estate Financing
- Contracts for Deed
- Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
- Title, Zoning and Land Use
- Common Interest Communities, Condos and Townhomes
- Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Zoning, Conditional Use Permits
- Easements and Covenants
- Greenacres/Agricultural Conservation Programs
- Subdivisions/Lot Divisions
- Torrens Land Registration
- William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota,
1993
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Law Review: William Mitchell Law Review, Member, 1991 - 1992
Law Review: William Mitchell Law Review, Editor, 1992 - 1993 - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1981
College of Business Administration, B.S.B.
- Minnesota, 1993
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota Uniform Conveyancing Blanks Task Force, 1996 - Present - Member and past Chair
- Leadership Twin Cities, Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2004 - 2005 - Member
- People Serving People, 2007 - Present - Board Member
- People Serving People, Member of the Board, 2007
- Successful Commercial Real Estate Financing Techniques, 2004, 2005, 2006
- The New Article 9 for Bankers, 2001
- Commercial Real Estate Leases, 1999
- Case Note, 18 William Mitchell Law Review 731, 1992
- Minnesota Super Lawyers
- Top 40 Real Estate Minnesota Super Lawyers
- Minnesota Rising Stars
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (AV, BV, and CV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)
