Lewis Miller



Phone: (801) 258-9802
Fax: (801) 521-3051
Email: lmiller@wmglaw.com

Professional Profile

Representative Transactions

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Listed below are deals on which Lew has negotiated leases, purchase agreements and/or operating documents over approximately the last six years. The vast majority of the following sites have opened as operating stores. The deals cover a wide range of structures and include stand-alone and shopping center developments, complex assemblages of different types of ownership interests, negotiation of agreements with public agencies, deals with individuals inexperienced in development as well as nationwide corporate developers and the resolution of myriad issues necessary to achieve our clients' goals.

While every deal has its challenges, some highlights of these recent transactions include:

  • The development of a drug store that required the fee purchase of a lot for the building, the sub-ground lease of a lot for parking and the long-term ground lease of the same lot to commence following the expiration of the sublease, all tied together with nondisturbance provisions.

  • A complex Contract to Lease for a development that provided for two very different types of leases depending upon the outcome of the entitlements process. The Contract to Lease was necessary to allow the landlord to obtain financing necessary for the development.

  • The negotiation of a Disposition and Development Agreement with a Redevelopment Agency and concurrent negotiation of a Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease with a developer, whereby the developer acquired the property under the DDA and then leased the premises to our client.

  • The negotiation of development provisions in Reverse Build-to-Suit leases that are carefully crafted to provide achievable timelines for delivery of work by both parties and designed to prevent unnecessary delays between delivery of a pad and commencement of building work.

  • The negotiation of provisions to protect our client from an inability to obtain a certificate of occupancy due to the other party's failure to comply with conditions of approval imposed by governmental agencies.

New Store Deals

  • E. Palomar & Medical Center
    Chula Vista, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Fourth & C
    Chula Vista, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Central & Alondra
    Compton, CA
    Drug store - Purchase under DDA with City and
    Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease with Developer

  • Crown Valley & PCH
    (Monarch Bay Plaza)
    Dana Point, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Avocado & Chase
    El Cajon, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Second & Broadway
    El Cajon, CA
    Drug store - Purchase (assemblage)

  • Summit & Beech (Falcon Ridge)
    Fontana, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • State College & Chapman
    Fullerton, CA
    Drug store - Purchase and Ground Lease (assemblage)

  • PCH & 2nd
    Hermosa Beach, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Warner & Bolsa Chica
    Huntington Beach, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • 9th & Palm
    Imperial Beach, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Century & LaBrea
    Inglewood, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • 405 & Sand Canyon (Quail Hill)
    Irvine, CA
    Drug store - Building Lease

  • El Cajon & Baltimore
    La Mesa, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Beach & Hillsborough
    La Mirada, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Lakeshore & Railroad Canyon
    Lake Elsinore, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Challenger & Avenue J
    Lancaster, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Martin Luther King & Bullis
    Lynwood, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Studebaker & Alondra
    Norwalk, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Mission & Frazee
    Oceanside, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • River & Douglas
    Oceanside, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Chapman & Esplanade
    Orange, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • Main & La Veta
    Orange, CA
    Drug store - Acquisition of existing Reverse
    Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Sunrise & Ramon
    Palm Springs, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Central & Merrill
    Riverside, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • Magnolia & Adams
    Riverside, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • University & Kendall
    San Bernadino, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • El Camino Real & West Mariposa
    San Clemente, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • 44th & El Cajon
    San Diego, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • 62nd & El Cajon
    San Diego, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Fairmount & Mission Gorge
    San Diego, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease and subsequent fee
    purchase under right of first refusal

  • Genesee & Nobel
    San Diego, CA
    Drug store - Building Lease

  • Palm & Beyer
    San Diego, CA
    Drug store - Building Lease of second-use facility

  • Sandrock & Greyling
    San Diego, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • 8th & Gaffey
    San Pedro, CA
    Drug store - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • 1st & Main
    Santa Ana, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Carrillo & Bath
    Santa Barbara, CA
    Drug store - Building Lease of second-use facility

  • Seal Beach & St. Cloud
    Seal Beach, CA
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Beach & Lampson
    Stanton, CA
    Drug store - Purchase (assemblage)

  • Santa Fe & Escondido
    Vista, CA
    Drug store - Purchase (assemblage) of operating
    shopping center and redevelopment

  • Victory & Royer
    Woodland Hills, CA
    Drug store - Ground Lease

  • Beach & Lincoln
    Anaheim, CA
    Supermarket - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Proctor Valley & Mt. Miguel
    Chula Vista, CA
    Supermarket - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Firestone & Rives
    Downey, CA
    Supermarket - Ground Lease

  • 405 & Sand Canyon (Quail Hill)
    Irvine, CA
    Supermarket - Building Lease

  • 50th & Jefferson
    La Quinta, CA
    Supermarket - Purchase & Land Bank

  • Foothill & Vineyard
    Rancho Cucamonga, CA
    Supermarket - Purchase and Excess Property Sale

  • Country Club & Monterey
    Rancho Mirage, CA
    Supermarket - Purchase

  • Limonite & Clay
    Riverside, CA
    Supermarket - Reverse Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Hwy 79 & Murrieta Hot Springs
    Murietta Hot Springs, CA
    Supermarket - Ground Lease

  • 19th & Campus
    Upland, CA
    Supermarket - Ground Lease

  • Dysart & McDowell
    Avondale, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • 107th & Thomas
    Avondale, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • Route 95 & Aztec
    Ft. Mohave, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase (assemblage)

  • Cooper & Elliot
    Gilbert, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • 59th & Thunderbird
    Glendale, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase (assemblage)

  • Anthem & Gavilan Peak
    Maricopa County, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Brown & Recker
    Mesa, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • 7th & Union Hills
    Phoenix, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • 51st & Union Hills
    Phoenix, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • 114th & Shea
    Scottsdale, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Ina & Thornydale
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • 5th & Alvernon
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Tanque Verde & Bear Canyon
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Broadway & Houghton
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Purchase

  • Golf Links & Pantano
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Lambert & La Canada
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

  • Valencia & Headly
    Tucson, AZ
    Drug store - Build-to-Suit Lease

Miscellaneous Non-New Development

  • 1710 N. Kostner
    Chicago, IL
    Supermarket - Excess Property Sale

  • 6431 Fairoaks
    Carmichael, CA
    Supermarket - Excess Property Lease Termination

  • Brookhurst & Adams
    Huntington Beach, CA
    Drug store - Shopping Center Redevelopment

  • Mountain View Buddhist Temple
    Mountain View, CA
    Cell Tower Lease - pro bono

  • Supermarket Distribtution Warehouse
    Norfolk, VA
    Warehouse Lease

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