Walls Landry Baker & Oliver PLLC
Mark Vandermeulen
3508 Far West Blvd., Suite 170
Austin, Texas 78731
Mark E. Vandermeulen
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Mark E. Vandermeulen

Mark represents a variety of clients in various phases of commercial real estate transactions and development, including acquisition, construction loan financing, leasing, and disposition, focusing on the multi-family, single family subdivision, retail, and office arenas.

Mark enjoys spending his time away from work with his family, (trying to) play golf, watching college football, and coaching his daughter’s soccer team. Mark is an avid film buff and music enthusiast.

  • Real Estate
  • Corporate
  • Commercial Lending

Education

J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 2010, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif.

B.S., Radio-Television-Film (Intensive Production Sequence), The University of Texas at Austin, 2000.

 

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

Austin Bar Association; Real Estate Section Board of Directors 2017 – Present; CLE Officer 2021-2022, Treasurer 2023 – Present.

 

Published Articles

Casenote: The Texas Supreme Court Holds Hydraulic Fracturing Trespass Claim is Precluded by the Rule of Capture, 62 SMU L. RE V. 835 (Spring 2009)

EB-5 – A Call to Foreign Investors From U.S. Developers and Business Owners, Real Estate Law360 (April 13, 2012).

 

  • Representation of private equity investment firm in connection with the disposition of a $250 Million multi-family portfolio sale in central Texas.
  • Representation of New York based institutional private equity investment firm in connection with the negotiation and acquisition of construction loan financing in excess of $50 Million for the development of a multi-family apartment complex in New Mexico.
  • Representation of private equity investment firm in connection with the negotiation and acquisition of construction loan financing in excess of $44 Million for the development of a multi-family apartment complex in central Texas.
  • Representation of private equity development firms in the disposition of various retail and commercial land sites throughout central Texas and New Mexico.
  • Representation of private equity investor in the acquisition of a $21.75 Million apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas, together with bridge loan acquisition financing.
  • Representation of private owner in the disposition of industrial office building to tenant purchaser.
  • Representation of multi-family and single-family private equity investment and development firms in connection with the acquisition of various raw land sites for the development of multi-family apartment complexes and single-family residential subdivisions throughout Texas and in other jurisdictions.
  • Representation of private investors in the acquisition of retail pad sites for the intended end use development of chain restaurants.
  • Representations of a private investor in the leasing and management of a retail shopping center in Travis County, Texas.
  • Representation of local coffee shop chain in the leasing of various shopping center retail store locations throughout central and east Texas.
  • Representation of clothing manufacturer in the leasing of industrial warehouse space in north Austin, Texas.
  • Representation of local sauna chain in the leasing of various shopping center retail store locations throughout Austin, Texas.