Andrew N. Jacobson
Partner
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3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Andy Jacobson is a partner and the head of Maslon's Real Estate Group. His practice covers a broad range of commercial real estate issues, with particular focus on commercial and retail leasing, land use, telecommunications, as well as design and construction-related agreements. Andy is a frequent author and speaker on real estate subjects and teaches Real Estate Transactions at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. A graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, Andy is also a registered architect, having earned his Bachelors of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University and practiced architecture prior to attending law school. Andy is a member of both the Minnesota and California bars.
- Real Estate
- Acquisitions, Sales and Exchanges
- Contracts for Deed
- Due Diligence Activities
- Purchase and Sale Transactions
- 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
- Design, Engineering and Construction
- Development
- Environmental
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Real Estate Financing
- Title, Zoning and Land Use
- Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Zoning, Conditional Use Permits
- Easements and Covenants
- Greenacres, Agricultural Conservation Programs
- Subdivisions/Lot Divisions
- Torrens Land Registration
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California,
1991
J.D. - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California,
1984
Bachelor of Architecture
Major: Architecture
- California, 1991
- Minnesota, 1999
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- California State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- National Retail Tenants Association - Member
- Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) - Member
- Sharpen Your Pencils: What Every Owner Needs to Know About Contracting with Designers and Constructors. What matters. A Maslon speaker series. May 2007
- Real Estate Transactions, St. Thomas School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2004 - Present
- Basic Lease Provisions, National Retail Tenants Association Annual Conference, Palm Springs, California, 2002
- Reported Case Updates and Leasing Primer, National Retail Tenants Association Annual Conference, Palm Springs, California, 2001
- Restaurant Leasing Issues, National Retail Tenants Association Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, 2000
- Big Box Retail Leasing Issues, National Retail Tenants Association Annual Conference, Palm Springs, California, 1999
- Wireless Telecommunications Agreements, California Real Property Law Conference, Coronado, California, 1997
- The Status of Forced Access, ABA National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1997
- The Interface of Telecommunications and Real Estate, ABA Probate & Property Conference, Washington, D.C., 1996
- Establishing, Maintaining and Improving Tenant-Oriented Leasing Standards, ALI/ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Vol. 19, January, 2003
- A Narrative Real Estate Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist, ALI/ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Vol. 17, November, 2001
- Wireless Telecommunications Site Agreements, ALI/ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Vol. 16, September, 2000
- An Owner's View of Telecommunications Site Agreements, ABA Probate & Property, January/February, 1998
- Office Leasing Manual (Contributing Author for Chapter 44, Telecommunications), California CEB
- ABA Probate & Property, 1998 Excellence in Writing Award, Best Cutting Edge Article
- 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)
