Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Gregory K. Lawrence
About Gregory K. Lawrence
Greg Lawrence is the Chair of the firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Team and a member of the Real Estate department. He has more than 35 years of experience in commercial real estate transactions, commercial lending, loan workouts and secured and unsecured loan transactions. He has represented numerous banks and borrowers by structuring a variety of commercial lending transactions, including real estate acquisition and development loans, agribusiness loans, and lines of credit to national home builders and other developers.
Greg was recognized by the nationally-renowned BTI Consulting Group among the 2011 BTI Client Service All-Stars. Honorees are recognized for their exceptional dedication to client service, solely based on unsolicited feedback from more than 300 corporate counsel in large and Fortune 1000 companies throughout the United States.
Experience Highlights
$132 million syndicated loan transaction involving seven real estate lenders and two mezzanine lenders for luxury high-rise condominium project in Miami, Florida
$90 million residential builder line of credit for construction of single family homes in seven southern states
Key Legal Services
Primary Industries
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section – Member
- The Florida Bar – Member, Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- The Florida Bar Foundation, Inc. – Fellow
- Secured Finance Network, Orlando Chapter – Board of Directors
- Orange County Bar Association – Member
- Seminole Boosters, Inc.
- J.D.: Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1984, Stetson Law Review
- Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, magna cum laude, 1981
- Best Lawyers in America® in Orlando the field of Real Estate Law, 2013-2025
- Orlando's Best Lawyers by Orlando Magazine, 2013 - 2019, 2023
- BTI Client Service All-Star in 2011
- Martindale-Hubbell: Preeminent AV Rating
- $50 million loan for construction of hotel in Greenville, South Carolina
- $16 million loan for construction of hotel in Brevard County, Florida
- $16 million loan to franchisee with multiple restaurants across the United States
- $32 million construction loan for multifamily project in Pinellas County, Florida
- $45 million revolving line of credit construction loan for phase hotel-condominium project in Orange County, Florida
- $15 million construction revolving line of credit to developer of retail drug stores across the State of Florida
- $29 million construction loan for retail shopping center in Volusia County, Florida
- $25 million construction loan for multifamily project in Celebration, Florida
- $10 million construction loan for build to suit office building project in Broward County, Florida
- $75 million residential builder line of credit for construction of single family homes across Florida
- $12 million loan for construction of big box retail center in Orlando
- $24 million construction loan for multifamily project near Naples, Florida
- $13 million and $9 million construction loans for condominium projects in Volusia County, Florida
- $13 million development loan for construction of residential subdivision in Orange County, Florida
- $15 million loan for construction of big box retail center in Hernando County, Florida
- $20 million loan for citrus grove in Manatee County, Florida
- $31 million loan for construction of waterfront hotel in Naples, Florida
- $9 million and $7 million loans for construction of hotels in Orange County and Daytona Beach, Florida
- $15 million loan for construction of tissue paper manufacturing plant in Central Florida
- $31 million loan for condominium project in downtown Orlando
- $26 million loan for construction of multifamily project in Tampa, Florida
- $47 million revolving construction loan for condominium project in Fort Myers, Florida
- $15 million loan for construction of office building in Miami, Florida
- $50 million construction loan for hotel in Jacksonville Beach, Florida
- $40 million loan for big box retail center in Orlando, Florida
- $35 million loan for construction of multi-family project in Orlando, Florida
- $32 million loan for construction of multi-family project in Viera, Florida
- $70 million loan secured by multiple retail shopping centers in various Florida counties
- Florida
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