Christian G. Regnier
Director
Boston
cregnier@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 6591Christian G. Regnier
Director, Boston
cregnier@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 6591Related Expertise
Christian Regnier guides real estate developers through the highly regulated process of obtaining permits and approvals for urban and suburban development projects. Chris assists clients in overcoming the notoriously high barriers to entry in land use, sustainable development, and environmental compliance.
Chris creates pathways to permitting for mixed-use developments, multifamily, retail, office, hospitality, and institutional (educational and medical) projects throughout Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His experience includes working with Article 80 of the Boston Zoning Code, M.G.L. Chapters 40A, 40B, and 40R (Smart Growth), Chapter 91 (Waterways), and the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act (MEPA). A significant portion of Chris’s work includes representing multifamily developers in the mid-Atlantic region and Massachusetts, including work on inclusionary and workforce housing programs.
Chris also counsels developers – including developers of master planned projects– and owners on acquisitions, dispositions, and condominium creation.
Guiding Industry Growth
In an ongoing effort to make a positive impact on the real estate industry, Chris works closely with colleagues from NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, and other stakeholders on a variety of policy, legislative, regulatory, and other matters affecting the commercial real estate industry.
Leading Pro Bono and Inclusion Efforts
Committed to serving the communities in which he works, Chris is an active participant in the firm’s award-winning pro bono efforts. He also serves as a co-chair of the firm’s Inclusion Advisory Committee, which focuses on advancing the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts.
Chris’s work includes the following representations and projects, outlined in the next section below.
Related Representative Matters
The master developer of an approximately 10.5-acre mixed-use project in Allston, Massachusetts, including four buildings comprising a new Stop & Shop grocery store, up to 868 residential units, 350,000 square feet of life science uses, up to 50,000 square feet of retail uses, and new city streets and intersections.
Developers, including King Street Properties and Samuels & Associates, on life science projects in Boston, and suburban Massachusetts, including: a project in Allston comprising two buildings and approximately 525,000 square feet of life science space and residential use; a project in Allston comprising approximately 93,000 square feet of “graduation” life science space; an approximately 531,000 square foot life science project including an innovative civic building in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston; an approximately 550,000 square foot life science and office building, including an approximately 50,000 square foot grocery store in Allston; and a four building, approximately 715,000 square foot life science and GMP manufacturing project in Westborough, Massachusetts.
National multifamily developers, including Mill Creek, Greystar, and Quarterra, in a variety of projects throughout Massachusetts and the mid-Atlantic, including: a 206 residential unit project in Watertown; a 297 residential unit project and another 350 residential unit project approved via Chapter 40B, both in in Medford; a 136 residential unit project in Needham approved via Chapter 40B; a mixed-use project in Watertown, MA that includes 282 residential units and 11,000 square feet of retail space; and an approximately 396 unit apartment building in Everett, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts General Hospital, in Institutional Master Plan and Large Project Review approvals and associated permits and approvals for new hospital buildings, including the Lunder Building and Ragon Building, and a museum building.
The nation’s largest developer, owner and manager of high-quality student housing apartment communities in the permits and approvals for a private 824 bed dormitory in Boston, MA.
A private dormitory developer in a university/private partnership for the development of an approximately 677 bed dormitory for Tufts University.
An owner for the acquisition and permitting for an approximately 640,000 square foot distribution facility in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
The Pinehills LLC, in all aspects of the permitting, dispositions and financings for the award winning Pinehills mixed-use project, a 3,000+ acre master-planned development in Plymouth, MA.
Brookfield Retail, in the approvals and condominium creation for the phased construction of a 565,000 square-foot expansion plus 215 residential units at the Natick Mall in Natick, MA. Other representation at the Natick Mall includes local and state permitting and approvals for a new Wegmans grocery store as an anchor tenant, as well as other projects at the Natick Mall such as Dave & Busters, Level 99, and a Lucid salesroom and repair facility.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, in the permits and approvals for two grocery anchored redevelopment projects in Boston, MA.
An owner/developer in the approvals for an approximately 350 foot high, 625,000 square foot office building in Boston, MA.
A developer in the permits and approvals for the Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences, an approximately 400-foot high, mixed use development including hotel, residential and restaurant uses in Boston, MA.
A national, innovative LED sign company in all aspects of local and state approvals for digital signs at several locations in Boston, MA.
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Recognition
Chambers USA Guide
June 5, 2025
Accolades
- Best Lawyers in America® (2026): Real Estate
- Chambers USA, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, Massachusetts, 2022-2025 (Band 2)
Affiliations
- NAIOP Government Affairs Committee, Chair
- Boston Bar Association
- Pro Bono representation of Caritas Communities, Inc.
- Pro Bono representation of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation in acquisitions and development projects
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Education
Northeastern University School of Law ( J.D. , 2003 )
University of Vermont ( B.A. , 1996 )