Andrew L. Much
Partner
Suite 2100
Biography
Andy is a partner in the Real Estate practice and a member of the Hospitality, Office, Industrial & Warehouse, Retail, and Entertainment & Sports industry teams.
Andy has broad experience in commercial real estate transactions. This includes the development, acquisition, disposition, management, and financing of complex mixed-use developments, master-planned communities, transit-oriented developments, stadiums, hospitality, golf, and resort projects located throughout North America. He also represents landlords and tenants in leasing transactions of industrial, warehouse, office, and retail space. In addition to his transactional real estate practice, Andy represents developers of complex infrastructure projects and reviews land use and entitlement matters for proposed developments. He utilizes his experience to provide pragmatic and practical advice to his clients.
Andy has over 25 years of legal experience. Prior to joining AGG, he practiced in the Atlanta office of a major international law firm for eight years, where his work included the drafting and negotiation of project documentation for a Major League Baseball stadium and adjacent mixed-use development project. Prior to private practice, he worked in-house for 17 years with a golf and hospitality finance company, where he closed over $2 billion in loans and ultimately oversaw the management and disposition of more than 30 club, hotel, and marina projects.
Experience
- Represented the City of Atlanta in connection with the purchase of a 41-story office tower from the State of Georgia.
- Representing the master developer of a large mixed-use project to be located on a former U.S. Army base which will include residential, commercial, hotel, and office components.
- Representing the master developer in the acquisition of a regional shopping mall and the redevelopment of the property as a mixed-use project.
- Represented an HBCU in connection with a long-term leasehold for a hotel to be developed on school property.
- Represented the owner of two multifamily projects in Huntsville, Alabama, with two construction loan facilities.
- Represented an acquiring company in connection with the acquisition and financing of a senior living apartment project in Alpharetta, Georgia.
- Represented an acquiring company in connection with the acquisition and Freddie Mac financing of an apartment community in Decatur, Georgia.
- Represented a developer in connection with the bulk sale of residential lots to national home builders.
- Represented a pipeline company in the acquisition of a tank facility site.
Credentials
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Juris Doctor
- University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts
- State of Georgia
- State of Illinois
- Central Atlanta Progress, Board of Directors
- Urban Land Institute – Creative Development Council
- Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2012
- American Jewish Committee, Board of Governors and past Vice President, Intergroup Relations
- Council for Quality Growth
Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2025
News & Insights
- NewsAGG Participates in 2024 Covenant House Sleep OutNovember 25, 2024 | In the News | Covenant House
- NewsAGG Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® With Four Named “Lawyer of the Year”August 15, 2024 | Rankings & Recognition | News Releases | Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
- NewsAGG Participates in 2023 Covenant House Sleep OutNovember 16, 2023 | In the News | Covenant House
Publications
- “Repurposed Parking Facilities in Post-COVID-19 Atlanta,” Urban Land Institute, April 2020
- “Stadium Development Can Breathe Life Into Urban Areas,” Law360, November 2018