The Goulston & Storrs Development & Land Use group counsels developers, property owners, tenants, architects, contractors and institutional investors. Our clients develop substantial commercial real estate projects, including retail, office, sustainable energy, hotel, multifamily residential, mixed-use projects and sports facilities in New England, DC, New York and beyond. We are also counsel to numerous governmental bodies, including the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
Goulston & Storrs is nationally recognized as a leading real estate law firm. We are known as authorities in multifamily housing, 40B, office, retail and major mixed use projects. Our work includes innumerable projects in downtown Boston, as well as permitting in essentially every community in Massachusetts. We have permitted over 30,000 units of housing, 15 regional malls and hundreds of retail centers locally and nationally.
When we see a site plan, we recognize potential issues and offer viable solutions. We are experienced in matters relating to wetlands, air and water quality, traffic and parking, zoning, contaminated property reuse, historical restrictions and environmental regulation. We know the market, have strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and know how to get deals done. Our litigators are prepared for land use cases of every kind.
Acting as project managers for our clients, we help them navigate through all aspects of the development cycle, including:
- Construction and permanent financing
- Design and construction contracts
- Condominium and other forms of common ownership
- Development and property management agreements
- Environmental
- Green development and smart growth
- Development transactions with governmental authorities
- Land use litigation
- Leasing, including ground leases
- Joint Ventures
- Zoning and land use
- Site acquisition and assembly
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Representative Projects and Transactions
- Leasing, acquisition, permitting, and development of biotech laboratory and office facilities for Shire Pharmaceuticals.
- Represented Boston Properties (REIT) in construction of Russia Wharf, a mixed use 31-story office and residential project, Boston, MA and in connection with expansion of the Prudential Center, Boston, MA including 36-story office building, 11-story luxury residential building, 11-story office building and supermarket.
- Represented Citibank with respect to the leasing of multiple retail bank branches, including zoning analysis and permitting.
- Represented Hines Interests Limited Partnership in development of South Station Air Rights Project, a mixed-use project to contain over 1.5 million SF to be built over the South Station Transportation Center in Boston, MA.
- 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 a joint venture of Gale International and Morgan Stanley in the development of 23 acres of vacant land in the South Boston Seaport formerly owned by the McCourt Company for a 6.5-million-square-foot mixed-use development, including significant office, hotel, retail, residential and cultural uses.
- Represented Harvard University in the master plan development of a new campus on several hundred acres of land in the North Allston neighborhood on the Boston side of the Charles River.
- Development of 750,000 square foot retail expansion of Natick Mall (the Natick Collection) for General Growth in Natick, MA with tenants including Nordstrom’s and Neiman Marcus and includes 250 units of residential development.
- Represented the Museum of Fine Arts in pursuing a Master Plan redevelopment of its Huntington Avenue campus in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Norman Foster, now under construction. The project includes interior renovations of the existing Museum building and significant new additions in several phases.
- Represented Winn Development Company in development of Massachusetts Turnpike Air Rights Parcels in the Back Bay/South End section of Boston (Columbus Center) for residential and hotel uses.
- Represented Pinehills LLC, a joint venture between New England Development and The Green Company, in the development of The Pinehills, a 3,000 acre mixed-use development in Plymouth, MA including over 3,000 homes, hotel and conference center, community and retail uses, and four golf courses.
- Counsel to New England Development in the redevelopment of Boston’s Pier 4 for a mixed-use project containing retail, residential, hotel and office.
- Represented a joint venture among Julian Cohen, S.R. Weiner & Associates and Robin Brown in development of a mixed-use 5-star Mandarin Hotel and luxury residential (condominium and rental) and retail project on Boylston Street in Boston, MA.
- Represented the owners of Gillette Stadium and the New England Patriots in the rezoning, permitting and securing of federal, state and local approvals to build the $325 million professional football-and soccer stadium -- Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA.
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