Non-Profit Institutions
Real Estate
Our real estate lawyers have extensive experience in representing colleges, universities and other non-profit institutions. We are expert in development, land use, financing, acquisitions and dispositions, leases, easements, construction contracts and architect’s contracts. Representative transactions include:
- Assisting one of Boston’s largest universities in the expansion of its science and technology campus involving several phases of development totaling 1,500,000 square feet of space on a 10 acre parcel, including a dormitory for more than 800 students, an arena and a recreation center. We also represented the university in zoning and permitting for a second dormitory in the development of an administrative building, research center, life sciences and engineering building and field house, and in its joint development with a national developer to create graduate student housing.
- Acquiring a site for another of Boston’s largest universities, and obtaining all zoning approvals required for a mixed use phased project to contain five buildings and over one million square feet of floor area on a five acre site, including office, hotel, retail and parking garage.
- For another major research university, negotiating agreements with an adjacent landowner to settle longstanding disputes regarding easements and related property rights. Our representation of this university has also included preparation of construction and architect’s contracts.
- Representing a major national university in connection with the restructuring and negotiation of financing, leasing and management of a hospitality facility, including hotel, restaurants, parking, golf facilities and other amenities owned by the university.
- Representing a private equity firm in a collaborative project with a research institution for the development of a world-renowned teaching and research biotech facility in the mid-Atlantic region.