Emerson M. Lotzia is a retired partner and real estate lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He was a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice and its Energy; Health Care; and Hospitality, Resort & Golf Industry Teams. Emerson has represented lenders, developers and tenants in real estate financing, development and leasing matters. He has also focused on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and Energy Performance, Energy Services and Managed Energy Services Agreements (ESA) and Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) legal issues and advised lenders, developers and operators of commercial facilities (continuing care retirement communities, retail, office and industrial facilities) on LEED, ESA and PACE structuring, financing, design, construction, operation, advertising and corporate disclosure matters. He has extensive experience in condominium law, federal and Florida land sales registrations and exemptions, community development districts and the representation of developers of golf course mixed use communities. He has represented developers of regional and power shopping centers and a national department store chain in leasing matters all over the country.

Emerson is a State of Florida Licensed Real Estate Broker and State of Florida Licensed Community Association Manager. The Real Estate Brokerage training and license allows Emerson to assist clients with Florida and multistate broker/owner listing and engagement agreements such as a $800M multistate portfolio sale of apartments and fractured condominiums where he negotiated such an agreement with two national brokerage companies. His Community Association Manager training and license allows Emerson to assist Developers of condominiums and homeowner associations with the association structure documents, association start-up activities, operation and turnover matters such as forensic accounting and turnover issues for a 700 unit development in Central Florida, association and community development district assessment delinquencies for a large scale master planned mixed use community in Northeast Florida and condominium amendment documents for a residential condominium conversion project in the City of Jacksonville which were filed with the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes.