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John S. Moody, Jr.

Manager

713.773.5526
jmoody@moodylawgroup.com

John S. Moody, Jr., is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has extensive experience in real estate development, leasing, acquisitions, sales and financing. He represents developers, owners, families, financial institutions, investors, retailers and private equity funds in acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, financing and construction of all types of real estate.

Development

  • Serves as outside general counsel for a local real estate developer on retail, office, multifamily, lot development, medical and other types of real estate development projects. Extensive experience with development of most types of commercial real estate and lot developments

Headquarters

  • Representation of several companies relocating their corporate headquarters, including an international trading firm and a publicly traded construction company

Farm & Ranch

  • Representation of a buyer of a 6,200-acre historic ranch in Kenedy County, Texas

General Counsel

  • General counsel services to a retail and industrial developer

Health Care

  • Representation of developers in development and leasing of health care facilities, including urgent care facilities, emergency clinics, dialysis clinics and surgery centers

Homebuilder

  • Representation of a homebuilder in the acquisition of the assets and real estate of another homebuilder in Austin, Texas

Industrial

  • Representation of a global manufacturing company in leasing over 1 million square feet of industrial square feet in West Houston
  • Representation of an investment fund in the acquisition of a 12-building industrial portfolio
  • Representation of a private equity fund in the acquisition and predevelopment of a 450-acre industrial and office park
  • Representation of limited partners in the buy-out of the general partner in a large industrial deal

Office

  • Representation of a developer in the development, financing and leasing of two new LEED Gold office buildings in West Houston
  • Regular representations of companies relocating office space on their leases
  • Representation of a finance company in the acquisition and development of its new headquarters and sale-leaseback of its existing headquarters in a reverse 1031 transaction
  • Representation of several companies relocating their corporate headquarters, including an international trading firm and a publicly traded construction company

Mixed-Use

  • Representation of a mixed-use lifestyle center in its retail and office leasing to national and local tenants
  • Representation of an investor in the purchase of a 325,000-square-foot lifestyle center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Real Estate Investment Trusts

  • Representation of a REIT in the sale of multiple office buildings

Retail

  • Representation of regional developers in grocery-anchored shopping-center deals, including five Kroger-anchored deals and one HEB-anchored deal
  • Representation of regional developers in build-to-suits and sale-leasebacks for seven Academy Sports + Outdoor stores
  • Representation of the developer of a 500,000-square-foot Wal-Mart-anchored shopping center in the acquisition, predevelopment, development, financing, construction and leasing

Tech

  • Representation of a publicly traded software company in leasing its new corporate headquarters
  • Moody Law Group, PLLC (f/k/a John S. Moody, Jr., PLLC), 2006-present
  • Thompson & Knight LLP – Partner, Real Estate & Banking, 1999-2006
  • Juris Doctor – University of Houston Law Center, 1999
  • Master of Business Administration – University of Houston, 1999
  • Bachelor of Arts, United States History – Vanderbilt University, 1995
  • Guest on Realty News Report Podcast, July 26, 2024
  • Moderator, Houston Construction Trends and Innovation, Bisnow Event, November 15, 2023
  • Speaker, Special Considerations in Retail Leasing, Presentation to University of Texas Law School, Bernard O. Dow Leasing Institute, November 10, 2023
  • Moderator, Houston Office Market Opportunities, Bisnow Event, September 27, 2023
  • Moderator, Houston Industrial and Port Update, Bisnow Event, June 1, 2023
  • Moderator, Houston Office Market Insights, Bisnow Event, October 13, 2022
  • Moderator, Houston Industrial and Port Development, Bisnow Event, August 18, 2022
  • Moderator, Building by the Bayou, Bisnow Event, March 24, 2022
  • Moderator, The Future of Houston Office, Bisnow Event, August 31, 2021
  • Speaker, Practical Office Leasing Tips Every Lawyer Should Know, Presentation to Houston Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, September 13, 2022 & October 12, 2021
  • Moderator, Destination Making – Reimagining Space, Experiential Retail & Creating Destinations, Bisnow Webinar, February 11, 2021
  • Moderator, Industrial Deep Dive, Bisnow Webinar, December 1, 2020
  • Moderator, The Future of Office, Bisnow Webinar, October 29, 2020
  • Moderator, Houston Industrial Update, Bisnow Webinar, June 23, 2020
  • Speaker, Houston Retail Outlook, Bisnow Webinar, June 2, 2020
  • Moderator, Future of Montgomery County, Bisnow Webinar, September 5, 2019
  • Moderator, State of the Office Market – Houston, Bisnow Webinar, August 28, 2019
  • Speaker, Industrial Forecast Luncheon, August 21, 2019
  • Moderator, Industrial Investment Finance and Development in Houston, Bisnow Webinar, January 29, 2019
  • Speaker and Author, Unique Aspects of Retail Leasing, Houston Bar Association, Real Estate Section, May 2014
  • Speaker and Co-Author, Shopping Center, Retail, and Similar Leases, Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closings Conference, Dallas, April 7-8, 2005, and University of Houston Law Foundation, April 14-15, 2005
  • Speaker and Author, Mixed Use Subdivision Development: From Start to Finish, Real Estate Development Conference, January 2005
  • “Key Issues in Office Leasing” Speaker and Author, Houston Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section
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