Tara A. Scanlon is a Partner in the Washington D.C. office of Holland & Knight LLP where she is Co-Chair of the firm's National Retail Development and Leasing Team in the Real Estate Section. Ms. Scanlon concentrates her practice on commercial real estate transactions which include development matters, sales, and acquisitions, as well as retail and office leasing. She has extensive experience in retail real estate transactions representing both institutional and entrepreneurial owners of regional malls, shopping centers and high end street retail projects in connection with various leasing, finance, operational and transactional matters. Other areas of experience include commercial finance involving construction, and permanent real estate loans, asset-based lending, and equity investments, as well as the restructure of debt and security instruments.