Micah King is a shareholder at Winstead, focusing on land use and real estate development law. Micah represents clients before city councils, boards, and commissions in addition to entitlements and due diligence work for lenders and developers.
As a former Assistant City Attorney and via subsequent work throughout Texas, he has valuable experience in governmental affairs and working collaboratively to resolve complicated statutory and county and city code issues. He has also achieved numerous zoning approvals and Board of Adjustment appeals and variances. Micah has worked throughout Texas on issues ranging from entitlements for thousands of units of housing to due diligence for billions of dollars in private development and P3 projects. Product types include single-family, master planned communities, multi-family, office, luxury hotels, industrial, and civic.
Representative Experience
- Due diligence for lenders and developers prior to acquisition and funding
- Development counsel and approvals for housing, light industrial, and emerging technologies
- Verification of federal, state, and local approvals for P3 projects exceeding $2 billion
- Drafting and negotiation of development agreements
- Land-use counsel in conjunction with condominium, special district, and other specialists
- Project coordination with investors, clients, architects, and engineers
- Regulatory and Endangered Species Act compliance
- Platting, zoning, annexation, and permitting work throughout the entire development process
- Historic landmark issues and appeals
- Pre-development discussions with community stakeholders
- Chapter 245 vested rights matters