Paul Momnie advises developers, capital partners, institutional investors and lenders in a broad range of commercial real estate development matters, including regulatory compliance and public approvals, joint ventures, land assemblages, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and the formation of complex commercial condominiums and master associations.

He has extensive experience advancing large mixed-use developments in the City of Boston and throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is considered an expert in M.G.L. c. 40B (Comprehensive Permit Law) and M.G.L. c. 40R (Smart Growth Development). In addition, he maintains a national transactional real estate practice, regularly advising real estate investment trusts, institutional investors, financial institutions, and non-profits in connection with the acquisition, disposition, and financing of a range of multifamily, office and mixed-use projects.

Before joining Goulston & Storrs, Paul clerked for the Honorable Alexander H. Sands, III of the Massachusetts Land Court and was a Real Estate Associate at a top Am Law 100 law firm. During law school, Paul worked at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the predecessor to the Boston Planning Department, and served as Senior Editor to the Boston College Law Review.

Paul is an advocate of affordable housing and smart growth. He serves on the real estate board of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), and on the Board of Directors of Lawyer’s Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization that helps promote affordable housing and alleviate homelessness. He has also advised the Massachusetts Governor’s Housing Advisory Council and Commission on Unlocking Housing Production on proposed reforms to M.G.L. c. 40B and 40R.