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Nixon Peabody LLP

Real Estate

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Nixon Peabody LLP

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Every business venture involves real estate. Whether you’re building a 30-acre corporate campus, or launching a new venture from your home office, your property-related choices will have a pivotal effect on your bottom line.

Clients rely on us to pinpoint the opportunities among the issues they face in tomorrow’s real estate marketplace. At any given moment, you’ll find us working on a variety of deals, properties, and asset classes. Our hard-earned experience gives us an intuitive understanding of your business goals and the speed and creativity to get you there with minimum fuss.

Who we work with:

  • Clients who change landscapes, improve neighborhoods, and buy, sell or lease any kind of real property
  • Firms involved in real estate finance and capital markets
  • Businesses engaged in exchanging distressed debt or that are involved in real estate workouts
  • Companies that work with affordable housing and tax credit financing

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Real Estate - Massachusetts

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

A prominent presence in the Boston real estate market offering transactional advice and assistance with leasings, Nixon Peabody continues to be recognized for its specialist insight into the financing and development of affordable housing. The firm's tax credits practice also includes advising on historic rehabilitation and renewable energy projects, and it is often called upon by tenants, landlords and investment managers. It also is noted for its experience in many sectors, including senior housing and higher education.

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Work Highlights

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  • Nixon Peabody represented MPZ Development on the acquisition, permitting and financing of Baldwinville School Apartments in Templeton, Massachusetts.

Strengths

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  • Nixon Peabody's attorneys understand the big picture when it comes to development, which allows us to benefit not only from their legal expertise but also their business acumen.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

  • The attorneys at Nixon Peabody are always available, working incredibly hard to ensure transactions move forward.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

  • Complex and sophisticated matters is what Nixon Peabody does best.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

  • Nixon Peabody's attorneys are excellent advisers on highly complex, long-term real estate deals.

    Real Estate respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Jennifer Schultz
    Jennifer Schultz

    Jennifer Schultz

    Jennifer Schultz has a strong real estate practice that focuses on obtaining zoning and land use approvals for a range of clients, including developers, REITs and institutional clients.

    • Jennifer is one of Nixon Peabody's best assets.

      Real Estate respondentUSA
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  • Christina Ricotta
    Christina Ricotta

    Christina Ricotta

    Christina Ricotta enjoys a growing reputation for her work on behalf of developers, with a particular focus on housing developments.

    • Christina Ricotta is a good lawyer coming up through the ranks.

      Real Estate respondentUSA
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