Clients rely on Alan’s business-savvy counsel to drive their most complex commercial real estate transactions, keeping one eye on the bottom line and the other focused on their strategic objectives.

For almost 30 years, Alan has focused his practice exclusively on commercial real estate transactions for regional and national companies. He adroitly navigates the complexities of purchases and sales, leasing transactions, commercial development, real estate lending, public/private joint ventures, residential development and brownfields redevelopments.

Alan has extensive experience in hospitality and health care industry real estate transactions, franchise agreements, brownfields redevelopment deals, and public/private partnerships. He is a Minnesota State Bar Association Board-Certified Real Property Law Specialist, certifying his capabilities dealing with real property transactions as his specialty area of law. As a former co-chair of the firm’s real estate division, Alan accesses one of the largest and most experienced teams in the Midwest to guide clients nationwide through even the most complicated real estate transaction or dispute.

Alan has represented a national developer in connection with the development and leasing of a health care innovation research facility in Rochester, Minnesota as part of the Destination Medical Center Discovery Square.

Alan represented the Port Authority of the City of Saint Paul in the redevelopment of the former downtown Saint Paul Macy’s building into the mixed use development known as Treasure Island Center.

Alan represents a national home builder in connection with land acquisition, disposition and development.

Alan represents a regional health care provider and health insurance company in the development and leasing of medical office space, clinic space and hospital space in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Stinson LLP

As one of the leading real estate practices in the Midwest, we provide trusted counsel on sophisticated transactions in regional and national markets throughout the U.S. We’re known for our work on some of the nation’s most innovative and prominent real estate projects across the full range of commercial, mixed-use, residential and public finance projects. We often serve as local counsel, with lenders and borrowers from across the country taking advantage of our regional experience and contacts.

Midwest Real Estate News ranked Stinson 3^rd on the list of the “2019 Best of the Best” in real estate law, with 2,177 completed real estate transactions throughout the Midwest. Many of our real estate attorneys have prior professional experience as architects, in-house real estate counsel, assistant attorneys general and more. Three members of the real estate team have been inducted into the Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame: Kate Hauber, David Frantze and Alan Van Dellen. Clients also benefit from our deep industry connections, including our involvement in such organizations as the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the International Council of Shopping Centers, American Land Title Association Lender’s Counsel Group and Corporate Real Estate Network.