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Kyle B. Hettinger

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Kyle B. Hettinger

  • Phoenix Office Managing Partner

Kyle has more than 35 years of experience in the leasing, acquisition, disposition, development, and redevelopment of real estate, including retail, commercial, office, power plant, renewable energy, residential, agricultural, and hotel properties.

Kyle Hettinger strategizes, collaborates, and negotiates complex real estate transactions on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, homebuilders, public and private companies, private equity funds, and renewable and traditional energy companies.

Kyle also has significant experience working with commercial mortgage-backed securities special servicers on a national basis with respect to real property REO leasing and dispositions of office, retail and industrial properties, including leading title, survey, and other due diligence review.

Known for his efficient, practical approach and focus on clients’ core business objectives, Kyle’s broad and diverse real estate practice has recently included the following: 

  • Representation of a national landlord in the development and leasing of large-scale retail, retail based mixed use projects and enclosed malls across the country.
  • Representation of data center owners/developers in the acquisition, leasing and financing of Arizona data centers. 
  • Representation of a physician-led healthcare provider across multiple jurisdictions with respect to build-to-suit and long-term leasing transactions for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”). 
  • Representation of renewable energy companies in leasing, acquisition and development of solar and storage project sites. 
  • Representation of a global alternative asset manager in the acquisition and operation of a large sustainable date farm operation based in California and Arizona.
  • Representation of a global green energy company in performing extensive due diligence with respect to the acquisition of a green hydrogen project located near Phoenix. 
  • Representation of a large private equity fund in the sale of the iconic Arizona Biltmore Hotel.

Education & Credentials

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1986
  • Brigham Young University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1983

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Arizona
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Real Estate Law, 2008-2025

  • Ranked by Chambers USA as "America's Leading Real Estate Lawyers," 2013-2016

  • *Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell 
    (AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)

Impact

Professional Leadership

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Arizona
  • Maricopa County Bar Association

Professional Experience

Experience

  • Represented CMBS special servicers in numerous REO matters, including sales of shopping centers, retail centers, hotels, office complexes and multi-use projects, and the leasing of commercial, retail and industrial space.
  • Represented numerous banks, financial institutions and bank groups as well as numerous borrowers in a variety of multi-state financings, loans, workouts and repossessed real estate transactions, including loan documentation, disposition of assets, loan restructuring, judicial foreclosure, non-judicial foreclosure, deed in lieu transactions, lease transactions, zoning cases, CC&R matters and real estate and sales tax matters.
  • Represented utility companies in leveraged lease financing of a $939 million, 400-megawatt coal-based generating facility in eastern Arizona.
  • Represented utility companies in various acquisition and dispositions of gas, water and sewer assets.
  • Represented utility company in various real estate financing transactions secured by its interest in the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Facility.
  • Represented developers with respect to master-planned communities, development of commercial power centers, and acquisition and development of various commercial and retail properties.
  • Represented developers/homebuilders and related entities in all aspects of homebuilding and development activities.
  • Represented developer in acquisition and development of 750-lot master-planned community and 18-hole championship golf course, including acquisition of related water parcels and development rights.
  • Represented privately held company in acquisition of industrial property in Scottsdale Airpark for construction of corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility.
  • Represented developers in acquisition and development of a number of industrial properties and office condominium projects.
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