Overview

About Steve

Steve Moore concentrates his practice in real estate law with an emphasis on buying, selling, exchanging, and leasing real estate, including retail, industrial, office, hotel, apartment, restaurant, and vineyard properties. He also has extensive experience in real estate development, real estate finance, and title matters. He represents owners, developers, sellers, buyers, landlords, and tenants of commercial real estate as well as borrowers and lenders in loans secured by commercial real estate. Steve also assists companies with economic development opportunities in new markets.

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Experience

Experience

Retail

  • Representation of supermarket chain in acquisition and development of shopping centers in Oregon.
  • Representation of shopping center owner in sales and leases of pad sites in shopping centers located in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
  • Representation of hotel, restaurant, and pub retailer in connection with acquiring, leasing, and developing hotel and restaurant/pub properties in Oregon and Washington.
  • Representation of third largest national jeweler on its leases at malls and shopping centers across United States.
  • Representation of natural foods grocery store in acquisitions of grocery store properties and in leases of grocery store spaces.
  • Representation of shopping center developer in land acquisitions in Portland and southwest Washington.
  • Representation of garden store and plant nursery retailer on leases in retail centers in Oregon and California.
  • Representation of shopping center owner on leases to retail tenants in retail center in Medford, Oregon.
  • Representation of developer on retail leases in mixed use projects.
  • Representation of credit union on ground leases in retail centers.

Office

  • Representation of national sportswear company on acquisition of Company’s headquarter building.
  • Representation of animation studio on leasing of 30,000-square-foot space for its offices in Hillsboro, Oregon.
  • Representation of medical clinic on leasing of 130,000-square-foot office space.
  • Representation of national sportswear company on leasing of 24,000 square feet of space for offices in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Healthcare

  • Representation of hospital in the acquisition of a medical office building in Eastern Oregon.
  • Representation of medical clinic on its leases of medical office buildings in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
  • Representation of physician group in acquisition and leasing of medical office building in Milwaukie, Oregon.
  • Representation of healthcare company in leases of medical office spaces in Portland, Oregon.

Finance

  • Representation of regional real estate company on loan transactions totaling more than $500 million and secured by commercial properties located in Oregon, Washington, and California.
  • Representation of life insurance company on loans secured by commercial properties in Oregon.
  • Representation of national bank on loan secured by theatre property.
  • Representation of commercial developer as borrower on $7 million refinancing of Oregon coast hotel property.
  • Representation of private lender on commercial loan secured by 55 lots in residential subdivision

Industrial-Warehouse

  • Representation of investor in acquisition of $9.5 million industrial property in Clackamas, Oregon.
  • Representation of owner/landlord on build-to-suit lease for 80,000-square-foot warehouse/office building in Lebanon, Oregon.
  • Representation of global athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment company in leases for warehouse spaces.
  • Representation of manufacturer of metal components in leases for warehouse properties.

Multi-Family

  • Representation of national real estate development firm in the acquisition of land in the South Waterfront area in Portland, Oregon, for the development of a 274-unit apartment project.
  • Representation of investment firm in connection with acquisition of multi-family apartment property in Beaverton, Oregon.

Civic Activities

  • Representation of homeless youth services organization on ground lease and space leases.
  • Representation of children services organization in real property acquisitions and commercial leases.
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Honors

Honors & Activities

  • Included in The Best Lawyers in America® (Real Estate Law, Economic Development Law), 2022–2024
  • Member, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association
  • Member, Real Estate and Land Use Section, Oregon State Bar Association
  • Advisory Board Member, Portland State University Center for Real Estate, 2017–present
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Insights & Presentations

Insights & Presentations

  • Co-author, “A Force to Consider in Real Estate Transactions,” Daily Journal of Commerce, May 2022
  • Presenter, “Issue Spotting for Higher Ed Institutions: Campus Planning & Development,” Stoel Rives seminar, April 2019
  • Co-author, Chapter on Contract of Sale in Documentation of Real Estate Transactions, Oregon Real Estate Deskbook, Oregon State Bar Legal Publications (2008, 2015 Revisions)



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