Jeffrey A Calk

Firm: Holland & Knight
Location: Nashville - TN

  • 511 Union Street
    Nashville, TN 37219
    USA
  • Tel : 615.850.8129
  • Fax : 615.244.6804
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Jeff Calkis a real estate attorney in Holland & Knight’s Nashville office. Mr. Calk counsels hospital systems and healthcare clients helping them comply with healthcare regulations involved in complex real estate transactions. His focus is on commercial and healthcare real estate, including acute care and behavioral hospitals, senior housing facilities, medical office buildings and physician practices.

Compliance with healthcare laws and regulations is integral to real estate transactions between healthcare providers and referral sources. In the face of these complexities, Mr. Calk works to make matters as simple as possible for the client, especially when navigating Stark Law and Anti-Kickback statute issues. An effective communicator, Mr. Calk is solutions-oriented when advising clients on conducting their business.

Similarly, investors in healthcare real estate (whether medical office developers, healthcare REITS or physicians) seek Mr. Calk’s counsel in negotiating transactions with hospital systems or other healthcare real estate investors.

On a day-to-day basis, Mr. Calk handles a variety of matters, including:

  • acquisition and development of medical office buildings
  • transactions to monetize healthcare real estate assets
  • needs of REITs in acquisitions, development projects, divestitures, financing transactions and leasing transactions involving a wide range of healthcare facilities

Evidencing his depth of experience and knowledge in the healthcare real estate sector, Mr. Calk serves as national leasing counsel for a publicly traded healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

Honors & Awards

  • Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers guide, Real Estate (Tennessee), 2008-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Real Estate Law, 2013-2025; Health Care Law, 2025
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine, 2012, 2013, 2018

Holland & Knight

The real estate industry – perhaps more so than any other major industry – is inevitably tied to the highs and lows of the global economy. As the industry survives and thrives through the inevitable cycles, it is impacted by direct and indirect trends and issues. For example:

  • Technology and the remote work revolution in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shifted the demand for most real estate asset classes. Office and urban core retail demand has fallen, while the demand for industrial, hotel and residential has soared. The industry is now figuring out how to pivot underutilized assets to higher and better uses through conversions or “adaptive reuse” projects. Although these projects have the potential for significant cost and environmental benefits, converting an asset to an alternative use also raises a host of legal issues.
  • Higher interest rates are increasing borrowing costs and putting pressure on the valuations of commercial real estate assets and the mortgage loans secured by these assets.
  • Distressed acquisitions such as foreclosures and real estate-owned (REO) properties could provide opportunities for investors, particularly in the office sector.
  • Southern states with lower taxes and warmer weather, such as Florida and Texas, continue to experience record population growth, and Holland & Knight has strong, long-standing connections and extensive experience in these markets.
  • The innovation in, and user demand for, real estate/property technology (PropTech) continues to grow, resulting in enhanced tenant amenities, improved virtual and 3D tours as well as the increased use of artificial intelligence that helps buyers – no matter where they are located – quickly find properties that meet their needs. PropTech also is revolutionizing the industry for owners and developers, including the development and management of residential and commercial properties, creating new efficiencies at hotels and resorts, lowering construction costs and streamlining back-office functions.

We Can Help

Holland & Knight lawyers have served the legal needs of the real estate industry for more than 100 years. With approximately 350 real estate professionals throughout the firm, we utilize a team approach that includes lawyers across the United States who work in collaboration to address all of the legal needs of clients engaged in the development, construction and operation of real estate projects around the globe. Our services include:

  • Construction: Growth in various segments of the real estate industry continues to fuel construction, and we can provide you with comprehensive advice on legal issues surrounding the building, development, managing and financing of projects around the world.
  • Corporate Services: Our team has extensive experience providing business advice to members of the real estate industry on a wide range of issues, including contracts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance and governance, tax credit transactions, and U.S. and foreign taxation.
  • Environment: Environmental concerns are present in virtually every real estate project around the world. Our team can help you address the environmental issues that accompany the development and operation of your projects worldwide.
  • Financial Services: Financial capital is a necessity for participants in the real estate industry and our team can help you secure the funding necessary to support your operations. We have extensive experience with the documentation, due diligence and closing of all forms of financing, including commercial lending, project finance, public finance, structured finance, private equity and venture capital.
  • Land Use and Zoning: Land use issues are a key concern for most companies engaged in real estate. Our team can help you with all of your land use needs, including obtaining land use and real estate development approvals, drafting zoning relief ordinances, and negotiating agreements for improvements needed for development projects and public-private partnerships.
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Disputes are a common occurrence in today’s business world and the real estate industry is no exception. We will aggressively defend your interests in any type of dispute so you can remain focused on your core business objectives.
  • Public Policy & Regulation: The real estate industry is subject to a vast array of regulations at state and federal levels in the United States and by various levels of government in foreign countries. Members of our team have extensive experience in state and federal policymaking and regulatory matters and can help you safely navigate the rules. In addition, we can also help you advance your interests through effective government relations and the drafting of legislation and negotiation of tax and development-related incentive agreements with governmental bodies and administrative agencies.
  • Real Estate: Most companies engaged in the real estate industry require significant real property holdings of their own to conduct business. We can assist with the management of your property values and costs, sites and facilities, subletting, leasing and myriad other real estate acquisition and disposition issues.