Real Estate & Environmental

Construction & Development

We understand the positive impact that your projects – regardless of size – have on communities. Your goal is to build, improve and create buildings and infrastructure efficiently and with minimal delays and obstacles. Our goal is to help you make that happen. Whether your project includes commercial, residential, mixed-use or industrial development, our attorneys have the skill, comprehensive expertise and innovative minds to find solutions to the complex and diverse issues faced during all phases – from land acquisition to disposition.

Real Estate & Environmental PRACTICE AREAS

Results

Outcomes we can be proud of.

Represented a family-owned business in the acquisition, development, permitting, and financing of numerous commercial and mixed-use developments, residential subdivisions, and condominium projects in Massachusetts. We also assisted this client with three projects in Arizona.
Represented a developer in the acquisition, permitting, financing, and sale of a $76 million residential rental apartment building in Quincy, MA. Prior to construction, the developer had a binding contract to construct the property and to sell it upon completion. This transaction involved complex permitting issues, environmental issues, affordable housing financing, and complex negotiations with the City of Quincy and local environmental protection groups.
Represented a developer in successful permitting and litigating the development of a hotel in Salem, MA.
Represented a developer in the successful acquisition, in conjunction with an institutional investor, of 80 acres of land to be developed as a commercial mixed-use project.
Successfully represented a property owner in a statutory civil rights claim against a neighbor who interfered with our client’s right to use and develop his property. Read the decision.
Successfully represented a client in establishing that a restrictive covenant was not enforceable and did not bar development of our client’s large residential subdivision.
Represented a developer in financing and converting a commercial building in Charlestown, MA into residential housing.