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Thomas C. Arendt
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(602) 530-8083tom.arendt@gknet.com

Tom is a member of the firm’s real estate department. He is experienced in acquisition and development, leasing, and real estate workouts and foreclosures. His representation has included various ground-up developments, retail centers, as well as banks and lenders in deed of trust and mezzanine projects.

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Thomas C. Arendt

Tom is a Certified Real Estate Specialist with the Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. He has been listed in Southwest Super Lawyers for over seven consecutive years, is included among Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate since 2002.

Tom is currently a member of the State Bar’s Real Estate Advisory Commission.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Representation of banks and other lenders in deed of trust and mezzanine financings, workouts, and foreclosures of commercial real estate, including hospitality projects.
  • Acquisitions for investors throughout the Western United States.
  • Represented Phoenix-based developer that has developed 5,000,000 square feet of retail and commercial property in the state of Arizona.
  • Represented Phoenix-based developer on ground-up redevelopment of a three-block city center in downtown Phoenix.
  • Assisted various development entities in the ground-up development of nine power centers in the state of Arizona, including the largest power center in the state.
  • Significant leasing work in the Salt, Gila, and Navajo communities.
  • Ranch purchases and sales, including water and water rights.
  • Representation of developers in substantial governmental development agreements (incentive agreements).
  • Representation of developers in obtaining municipal entitlements in the Phoenix area.

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

  • State Bar of Arizona, Member, 1982-Present; Certified Real Estate Specialist, 1992-Present

HONORS & AWARDS

  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Phoenix Magazine, Top Lawyer - Real Estate, 2022
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2003-2025
  • Arizona Business Leaders Magazine, Real Estate, 2020-2021
  • AZ Big Media, Top 100 Lawyers, 2019
  • Southwest Super Lawyers®, Real Estate Law, 2007-2019

News

  • Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Recognizes 51 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 15, 2024
  • Gallagher & Kennedy Law Firm Scoops up Former Jennings Attorneys - September 1, 2023
  • Gallagher & Kennedy Welcomes Six Lateral Attorneys to the Firm, Growing its Business Transactions & Litigation Practices - August 28, 2023
  • Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Recognizes 52 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 21, 2023

Publications

  • Lease Negotiation Handbook, Co-Author, ALI-ABA, 2003

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Real Estate

Bar & Court Admissions

  • Arizona, 1982

Education

  • Arizona State University
    J.D., cum laude, 1982
    Managing Editor, Law Review
  • University of Arizona
    B.A., high distinction, 1979
    Phi Beta Kappa

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