Real Estate

The experienced real estate attorneys at Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh practice throughout northern Illinois in all areas of real estate law including residential, commercial, development and zoning matters. The firm's real estate attorneys participate in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate transactions including negotiations, contract preparation, document preparation and closings.

The firm has extensive experience in annexation, real estate development and zoning matters, having represented clients in both county and municipal proceedings. Clients represented in these matters include municipal entities, individuals seeking rezoning of individual tracts, real estate developers and industrial clients expanding existing facilities and constructing new facilities. The firm's expertise of municipal law is beneficial when representing real estate clients seeking governmental approvals. The real estate attorneys at Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh have participated in the sale, purchase, annexation and zoning of thousands of acres in northern Illinois.

Other areas of concentration are real property tax rate objections and assessment litigation. Several representative appellate cases in the field of real property tax rate objections are: In re County Collector, 229 Ill.App.3d 641, 593 N.E.2d 1134 (3d Dist. 1992), and People ex rel. Toynton v. Commonwealth Edison Co., 285 Ill.App.3d 357, 674 N.E.2d 809 (3d Dist. 1996). The firm has represented multiple significant industrial clients in the prosecution of real property tax rate objections and assessment matters.

The Law Offices of Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh in Joliet, Illinois, represents clients in Will County, Cook County, Grundy County, Kankakee County, Kane County, Kendall County, and Du Page County, including the communities of Joliet, Morris, Plainfield, New Lenox, Naperville, Aurora, Oswego, Bolingbrook, Mokena, and Frankfort.