Real Estate

Representative Projects and Transactions

• Leasing, acquisition, permitting, and development of biotech laboratory and office facilities for Shire Pharmaceuticals.
• Represented CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC on its acquisition of equity interests in the reorganized Yellowstone Club. The acquisition is one of the largest real estate investments in the country in 2009.
• Acquisition, permitting, development and leasing of Patriot Place (a 1.4M sq. ft. office, retail and hotel complex at Gillette Stadium for The Kraft Group).
• Represented Partners HealthCare System, Inc. on the development of Parcels 6 and 7 in the Charlestown Navy Yard, including acquisition of the site and permitting for a new building to be constructed.
• Represented Beacon Capital Partners in the acquisition and financing of 30 properties located in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Seattle consisting of over 11.5 million square feet of office space.
• Represented a major hotel owner and operator based in Maryland in numerous financings, acquisitions and other transactions.
• Counsel to a national financial institution in the bulk sales of both performing and non-performing assets.
• Counsel to John Hancock Financial Services on the $905M sale of the landmark Hancock Tower and related buildings to Beacon Capital Partners.
• Leasing of office/laboratory/biomedical manufacturing facility campus for Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc.
• Represented Fenway Ventures in the acquisition, development and financing (debt and equity) of the $200M "Trilogy" mixed-use development adjacent to Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Represented Bob Vila in multiple real estate investment transactions.
• Representation of a joint venture in development of the mixed-use 5-star Mandarin Hotel and luxury residential and retail project in Boston.
• Counsel to Samuels & Associates and Edens and Avant in the acquisition, redevelopment and disposition of the Konover Portfolio of 20 shopping centers.
• Represented Northland Investment Corporation on the $90.5M refinancing of a 2,756 unit portfolio of multifamily communities located in Florida, North Carolina and Texas, structured and financed by Citigroup private bank and Solomon Smith Barney.
• Represented a real estate investment company in connection with various construction, permanent and mezzanine loans in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and Florida.