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Michael B. Chance

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Memphis
T: 901.579.3101
F: 901.577.4207
Memphis (East)
T: 901.579.3100
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Michael B. Chance concentrates his practice in commercial real estate transactions, general corporate matters, land use development, payment-in-lieu-of-tax transactions and commercial finance transactions.

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Assisted developer client in acquiring over 80 residential parcels of real estate from various sellers in order to develop a big box retail development.

Helped developer clients develop retail pharmacies and related stores across the country.

Professional Biography

Mr. Chance assists developers in assembling multiple parcels of real estate and developing such land into shopping centers and other retail ventures. He also handles various types of lending and financing transactions on behalf of both lenders and borrowers.

  • Assisted developer client in acquiring over 80 residential parcels of real estate from various sellers in order to develop a big box retail development.

  • Helped developer clients develop retail pharmacies and related stores across the country.

  • Represented a development company in the purchase of and the adaptive reuse of a historic building as a mixed-use development. Advised the company regarding the acquisition (through a membership interest purchase transaction with the seller), title and survey matters, and design and construction issues/contracts.

  • Member – Memphis Bar Association
  • Member – International Council of Shopping Centers
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law  since 2009 and Commercial Finance Law since 2013
  • Named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Commercial Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Memphis
  • Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers (2006, 2009 – 2018)  
  • Named among the top 50 attorneys in Memphis by Mid-South Super Lawyers (2010)

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  • University of Tennessee, J.D., 1989, cum laude

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  • Tennessee, 1989

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Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Listing
Press Release / August 15, 2024
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