Barbara Hardy Luikart

Partner

Email: bluikart@anthonyandpartners.com

Address: 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1600

Tampa, FL 33602

Phone: 813.273.5616

Fax: 813.221.4113

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Practice Areas

Business Transactions
Commercial Real Estate / Lending Transactions
Debt Restructure

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Barbara Hardy Luikart

About Barbara Hardy Luikart

Barbara is a member of Anthony & Partners, LLC and has over 30 years of experience in all facets of commercial real estate. Her experience includes negotiating, documenting and closing the acquisition, development, financing, sale and leasing of commercial properties, including apartment, hotel, restaurant, retail, office, nursing home and golf course communities, large vacant land tracts, condominium and mixed use (retail, office and residential) developments. She represents developers, lenders, borrowers, commercial landlords and tenants, individuals and businesses. Barbara has expertise in title insurance matters and served on the 13th Circuit Advisory for The Attorneys Title Insurance Fund.

Representative Matters

Representation of developer in acquisition, financing and development of residential, office and retail condominium development containing approximately 400 units and subsequent sale and leasing of units

Representation of developer in joint venture, financing and development of commercial condominium containing apartment tower and end-user grocery store units, including $58,500,000 construction financing

Representation of lenders in real estate and asset secured loan transactions

Representation of owners/operators of nursing home/assisted living facilities in acquisition and financing of facilities (including HUD financing)

Representation of borrower in multi-million dollar construction loan for mixed-use downtown development

Representation of commercial landlord in leases for large commercial, retail and corporate relocation premises

Representation of business in purchase of shipyard assets, lease with the Port Authority and related agreements, including seeking grants for job growth

Representation of purchaser of multiple triple net lease sites with credit tenants (including grocery stores and department stores) in 1031 exchange transactions

Representation of client in purchase of thousands of acres of undeveloped property (including mineral interests) from bankruptcy estate of seller

Representation of restaurant owners and franchisees in acquisition and/or leasing of multiple restaurant sites (stand-alone and shopping center facilities)

Issuance of opinion letters to lenders for financing transactions

Representation in zoning and land use matters

Background

Barbara was born in Lakeland, Florida and admitted to the Florida Bar in 1986 and the New Mexico Bar in 1999. Prior to joining Anthony & Partners, LLC, Barbara was a partner in large regional and statewide law firms.

Education

University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D. with honors (1986)

University of Florida, Levin College of Law Moot Court member

Indiana University, B.M. with highest honors, (1982)

Professional

The Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section)

The New Mexico Bar

American Bar Association (Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section)

Hillsborough County Bar Association

Tampa Bay Partnership (Market Maker and CEO Direct Leadership Program)

Commercial Real Estate Women Tampa Bay (CREW)

Florida Blue Key

The Propeller Club

Leadership Tampa (Class of 1999)

Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite, 1x winner: LE 2016

Recognition

Florida Trend Legal Elite 2016

Recognized by the Best Lawyers in Tampa Bay Area, The Wall Street Journal 2018

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Recognized by the Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law 2014-15

Finalist, Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2006 Business Woman of the Year

Civics

Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts (Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Past President of the Board)

Tampa Yacht and Country Club (past member of Board of Directors)

Vestry Member, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

A few years ago, I obtained a $5,500,000 judgment for a client of mine against some people who I believed were insolvent...
— Veteran Trial Lawyer and Fifteen-Year Client

A few years ago, I obtained a $5,500,000 judgment for a client of mine against some people who I believed were insolvent. I asked John Anthony if he would accept 20% of the net recovery together with all attorneys’ fees and costs as a contingent fee for collecting the judgment. He accepted, and he made over $1,000,000. I am glad he did, because our client and I were paid in full. Now, I have recently obtained a judgment of over $60,000,000 against some other people, and my client and I have once again entrusted the matter to John Anthony. He knows how to collect assets by way of enforcing a judgment, and I know no one better.

- Veteran Trial Lawyer and Fifteen-Year Client

“I have worked with John since 1995. At the time, I was a panel chapter 7 trustee. In the years since, I have been involved in hundreds of business insolvency matters as a professional fiduciary appointed by Federal and State courts. John has been a lawyer for me in all of these fiduciary capacities. He has represented me as chapter 11 trustee in a large case that involved investigation and pursuit of gross business mismanagement. In connection with that case, the former principal of the business was recently sentenced to approximately 250 years in jail. He has represented me as assignee for benefit of creditors, as a chapter 7 trustee, and in other related fiduciary capacities...

- Professional Insolvency Fiduciary and Certified Forensic Accountant

The following information has not been reviewed or approved by The Florida Bar. The facts and circumstances of your case may differ.

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