Cristina Reeves Bouton

Partner

Direct: 404.873.8136
Fax: 404.873.8137
Atlanta
171 17th Street NW
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363

Biography

Cristina is a partner in the Real Estate practice and a member of the Retail industry team.

Cristina’s practice focuses on commercial real estate development and retail leasing. She is active in the acquisition, development, redevelopment, leasing, financing, restructuring, and selling of shopping centers, malls, mixed-use projects, and other retail developments. Her clients include nationally recognized developers, investors, owners, landlords, and tenants at all stages of these transactions.

Clients appreciate Cristina’s responsiveness and deep understanding of the complexities related to development, from navigating ground leases to declarations and restrictive covenants. She also provides counsel to landlords and tenants in retail leasing negotiations and assists with ongoing landlord/tenant relationship and other operational matters. She enjoys guiding clients through the legal and business implications of these projects, allowing clients to grow and expand their national footprint.

Cristina often serves as legal counsel on transformative, award-winning, redevelopment projects including a recent recipient of ICSC’s North America Design and Development Award.

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Experience

  • Serves as primary outside counsel for national quick-service retailer for long-term ground leases and purchase of real property located in the Southeast and Northeast markets.
  • Represents the largest owner of retail real estate in the United States, handling leasing needs for various projects nationally.
  • Represents multiple fast-growing restaurant chains in the United States.
  • Serves as outside leasing counsel for a national retailer throughout the United States.
  • Serves as outside leasing counsel for large acclaimed mixed-use redevelopment projects in downtown Nashville, Tennessee; Eatontown, New Jersey; Orange Village, Ohio; and Tampa, Florida.
  • Assists developer clients with redevelopment of existing projects.
  • Assists existing developer clients of all sizes in addressing daily property management matters, including overseeing landlord/tenant matters, vendor and brokerage contracts, and providing strategic guidance on co-tenancy, exclusive, and other issues.
  • Represents multiple regional/national developers and private equity funds in handling acquisition and disposition matters, many of such developments being “value add” transactions where clients have acquired, leased, enhanced, and disposed of assets over a short time frame.
  • Represents family business in acquisition, development, and disposition of triple-net investments throughout the Southeast and Mid-South regions of the United States.
    Client Successes

    Credentials

    Education
    • University of Georgia School of Law, Juris Doctor
    • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance,
      magna cum laude
    Admissions
    • State of Georgia – 2006
    Court Admissions
    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
    Associations

    • Professional

      • State Bar of Georgia, Real Estate Section
      • Atlanta Bar Association
      • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
      • Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors

       

      Community

      • Christ the King, Basketball Coach
      • Cathedral of Christ the King, Member

    Recognition

    • Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2023-25

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