Mark J. Erickson, Esq., Consulting Partner, is an attorney with over twenty five years of experience in virtually every aspect of real estate development and management in both corporate and private practice handling retail, office, industrial and residential projects. His experience includes working with projects from site acquisition to the marketing and disposition of the completed projects as well as various aspects in between including rezoning, site planning and other regulatory approval, and construction management.  In these capacities, his expertise extends to working with government regulators at the state, regional and local levels, architects and engineers, builders and developers, and lenders.

Mark was most recently Vice President of C.H. Johnson Consulting in Chicago, where he managed market and financial feasibility projects for the firm, including the Atlantic City Convention Labor Analysis, Reno AAA baseball impact study, among others. He also conducted much of the firm’s marketing during his tenure there and was a speaker at the 2007 “If You Build It, Will They Come” conference in Kansas City.

Before moving to Chicago, Erickson was in private practice in the Detroit area, where his clients included several prominent residential builders as well as commercial and residential developers.  During this time, he also served on the real property tax review board and zoning board of appeals for a local municipality and the development process review advisory board of another municipality.

Prior to entering private practice, Erickson was in-house counsel for a nationally recognized developer in Oakland County, Michigan where he was responsible for not only the legal aspects of the real estate development and management activities of the firm, but also the business aspects of gaining approval, constructing and marketing of both commercial and residential projects. Prior experience also included overseeing the property management of the real property assets of a large retail chain and legal support in the acquisition of new retail locations for that company.

In these capacities, Erickson has appeared before numerous state, regional and local governmental bodies to present projects for approval.  He also has drafted real estate documentation of virtually every type including site acquisition or disposition, land use control, development agreements, leasing (whether office, commercial or residential) and financing instruments of all types.  In addition to these elements of real estate law, his legal experience encompasses forming and documenting the various forms of business entities used in the real estate business including joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations as well as oversight of real estate litigation.

Erickson is a member of the American Bar Association and is licensed by the State Bar of Michigan where he is a member of the Real Property Section. He also serves on the faculty of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Licensed, State Bar of Michigan