Cheyne W. Harris

Member

Memphis

(901) 543-5913

cheyne.harris@bassberry.com

https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/harris-cheyne-w/

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Cheyne Harris represents clients in real estate transactions across a variety of industries, including agricultural, industrial, office and retail. Cheyne works closely with real estate investment trusts (REITs), commercial and residential developers, businesses and private investors on the acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing of real estate assets. He also represents borrowers and lenders with commercial loans and other secured transactions. As a former city planner, Cheyne has significant experience in land development and zoning issues.

Real Estate – Representing commercial real estate clients on real estate acquisitions and sales, financings, leasing, zoning and land use, and property tax appeals.
Financing Transactions – Advising borrowers and lenders in various transactions, such as financing transactions, including acquisition and construction loans, term loan facilities, asset-based secured financings and others.
Land Use & Zoning – Representing developers and property owners in the submittal and management of municipal development applications, including site plans, rezoning requests, variances and conditional use permits.
Economic Incentives – Counseling municipalities, industrial development boards and companies on the development, negotiation and implementation of economic incentives, such as payment in lieu of tax abatement (PILOT) and tax increment financing (TIF) programs.

Cheyne also has experience assisting clients with the sale and acquisition of businesses and general business matters including, but not limited to, business formation and various contractual agreements.

Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Cheyne was an attorney at Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC where he represented clients in commercial real estate transactions. Before practicing law, Cheyne worked as a city planner for a Tennessee municipality where he worked with city officials on commercial and residential development projects and related zoning and variance matters.

Memberships

Urban Land Institute (ULI) — Memphis Chapter

Tennessee Bar Association

Mississippi Bar Association

Memphis Bar Association — Real Estate/Environmental Law Section

University of Memphis Law Pillars of Excellence — Board Member (2015-2017)

Memphis Maroon Club — Board Member (2015-2018)

Leadership Collierville (2007)

Representative Experience

Coyote Analytics Sold to SurePoint Technologies

Representation of Coyote Analytics, an intuitive legal software company, in its sale to SurePoint Technologies, a leading cloud provider of financial and practice management solutions for law firms. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

We represented Coyote Analytics, an intuitive legal software company, in its sale to SurePoint Technologies, a leading cloud provider of...

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Capitol Wholesale Fence Company, Inc. Sold to Fencing Supply Group

We represented Capitol Wholesale Fence Company, Inc., a full-service fencing supplier for commercial, industrial, and residential customers, in its sale...

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Disposition of Industrial Property Portfolio for Over $100 Million

We represented Morning Calm Management in the disposition of an industrial property portfolio consisting of ten properties in Michigan. The...

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Client Type: Private Company
Over $1.2 Billion Acquisitions and Dispositions for Multi-Family REIT

Represented a public multi-family REIT in the acquisition and disposition of 59 apartment communities with more than 16,000 units in 12 states

In the past five years, we have represented a public multi-family REIT in the acquisition/disposition of approximately 6,600 multi-family units...

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Client Type: Public Company
Maslow Development Memphis Land Acquisition

Represented Maslow Development Inc. in connection with the acquisition and future development of 15 acres of land in Memphis, Tennessee

We represented Maslow Development Inc. in connection with the acquisition and future development of 15 acres of land in Memphis,...

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Client Type: Private Company
Pro Bono Team Helps to Redevelop Memphis Neighborhood

Representation of Neighborhood Preservation Inc. (NPI) in acquiring a number of tax sale parcels of land as part of an effort to redevelop a blighted area in Memphis

A team of pro bono lawyers in our Memphis office represented Neighborhood Preservation Inc. (NPI) in acquiring a number of...

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Client Type: Pro Bono
Tennessee Community Bank Holdings, Inc. Sells to Reliant Bancorp, Inc.

Representation of Tennessee Community Bank Holdings, Inc., the parent company for Community Bank & Trust located in Ashland City, Tennessee, in its definitive agreement to sell to Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: RBNC) for $37 million in an approximately 50% stock and 50% cash transaction.

We represented Tennessee Community Bank Holdings, Inc., the parent company for Community Bank & Trust located in Ashland City, Tennessee,...

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Client Type: Private Company
$1.8 Billion in Acquisitions and Dispositions for Multi-Family REIT

Represented a public multi-family REIT in the acquisition/disposition of 59 apartment communities with approximately 15,000 units in 15 states over the past five years

In the past five years, we have represented a public multi-family REIT in the acquisition/disposition of 59 apartment communities with...

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Client Type: Public Company
Memphis Attorneys Provide Pro Bono Advice During Saturday Legal Clinic

Volunteered for Memphis Area Legal Services’ Saturday Legal Aid Clinic to provide pro bono legal advice to community members

On November 9, 2019, attorneys from the firm's Memphis office volunteered for Memphis Area Legal Services' Saturday Legal Aid Clinic...

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Client Type: Pro Bono
$44.5 Million Financing for Downtown Memphis Hyatt Centric Hotel

Represented a financial services company in connection with a $44.5 million construction loan for the development of the 227-room Hyatt Centric Hotel

We represented a financial services company in connection with a $44.5 million construction loan for the development of the 227-room...

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Client Type: Private Company

Media Mentions & Firm News

Bass, Berry & Sims Elects Nine New Members

January 10, 2023
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2022 Lists 44 Bass, Berry & Sims Attorneys

November 29, 2022
37 Attorneys from Bass, Berry & Sims Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023

August 18, 2022

Accolades

Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch — Real Estate Law (2021-2023)

Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2021-2022)

Memphis Law Review — Staff Member

CALI Excellence for the Future Award — Estate and Gift Tax

Education

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law - J.D., 2012
Mississippi State University - BLA, 2003

magna cum laude

Admissions

Mississippi, 2013
Tennessee, 2012