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What happens to Boston’s closed school buildings? While some have been repurposed for housing or community use, most simply become other...
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Last week, the Boston Zoning Commission adopted Net Zero Carbon (NZC) zoning. As addressed in our 2021 and 2023 advisories, this...
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Lenders are increasingly enforcing personal guarantees on distressed real estate loans, using them as leverage in negotiations, while...
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Kearsarge Walpole LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Walpole involved a dispute over where a large-scale solar array could be placed in...
Jones v. Town of Harwich involved a dispute over the application of the Wetland Protection Bylaw and Regulations in Harwich,...
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Despite hurdles like elevated interest rates and office vacancies, real estate development in New York City in 2025 is propelled by...
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Attorney David Linhart dives into Boston’s evolving large project review process and its implications for developers, communities, and...
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As commercial real estate distress continues to play out, attorneys are seeing lenders adopt new strategies to save or reduce their...
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Commercial foreclosure activity across the nation crept up last month despite more positive sentiments across the commercial real estate...
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I recently had the opportunity to present during a Strafford CLE webinar on strategies for mitigating the risks of lender liability...
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I recently attended the IMN Distressed CRE Forum in New York, alongside my colleagues Brian Cohen, Zev Gewurz and Doug Rosner. It was...
Somerville Off. Assocs. Ltd. P'ship v. Cresset Dev., LLC, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 (2024). In Somerville Office Associates Limited...
H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street, LLC, et al., 104 Mass. App. Ct. 256 (2024) The decision arises from a “bitter and...
P.J. Keating Co. v. Town of Acushnet, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 65, 233 N.E.3d 1097 (2024), review denied, 2024 WL 3346086 (Mass. June 27,...
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A creative attempt by a borrower to forestall foreclosure and recover damages against its lender ended badly for the borrower, with the...
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As lenders and borrowers try to get creative in working through ongoing distress in the real estate market, especially in certain asset...