 
Practice Focus and Experience
Bob Galvin practices in the Land Use and Real Estate Group where he specializes in commercial and residential real estate, commercial leasing, and commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use condominiums. He represents developers, property owners, sellers, buyers, condominium associations, and commercial landlords and tenants. Bob has created a large number of commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use condominiums.
Bob is editor and coauthor of Massachusetts Condominium Law, and the author of the condominium chapter in Crocker's Notes on Common Forms, both leading Massachusetts legal treatises.
Representative Matters
- Represented a tenant-owned housing cooperative in Brookline in its conversion to condominium ownership. The cooperative was created 40 years ago to house low and moderate income persons whose homes were taken by an eminent domain taking. Nearly $20 million in value was created for the former tenant/shareholders. 25% of the apartments will be permanently reserved for low and moderate income homeowners, by agreement with the town.
- Currently negotiating nationwide commercial leases and purchases and
sales of property for a major, publicly held corporation.
- Created condominium documents for a 329-unit, phased condominium, Sierra
+ Tango Condominium, the first two buildings in the North Point project
eventually consisting of 2,700 housing units, more than 2 million square
feet of commercial space, retail space, a hotel, and open space in Cambridge,
Boston and Somerville.
- Represented the developer of a unique artist live-work condominium in
New Bedford in creating a community in which only certified visual artists
are permitted to purchase units.
- Created condominium documents for an 88-unit project north of Boston
comprised of detached homes, townhouse and flats for homebuyers 55 years
of age and older.
- Prepared condominium documents for 99-unit Royal Barry Wills townhouse
and flats.
- Represented the developer of a 100-unit residential/artist studio condominium
in the Boston metropolitan area.
- Represented the owner of a shopping center in arranging Wall Street
conduit financing.
- Negotiated a sixty-year ground lease and prepared condominium documents
for a leasehold industrial condominium consisting of six seafood processing
plants.
- Participated in the preparation of a successful friend of the Court
(amicus curiae) brief requested by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court on a landmark condominium case.
Professional
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Distinctions: Peer review "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
- Admitted: Massachusetts; United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts; United States Supreme Court.
- Member: Massachusetts Bar Association (Counsel Member, Property
Law Section, 1977-1980; Chairman, Condominium Committee, 1979-1991);
Boston Bar Association; Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts;
The Abstract Club; Community Associations Institute, New England
Chapter (Attorneys Committee); National Association of Industrial
and Office Properties; Fellow: Massachusetts Bar Foundation.
Community Involvement
- Boston Center for Adult Education, past president and 25-year board
member.
- Thoreau Society, past Vice-President and 10-year board member.
- Massachusetts Historical Society, Fellow.
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Robert J. Galvin
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phone 617.367.2500
fax 617.305.3125
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Education
- J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1967.
- A.B., Union College, 1961.
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