Jennifer Schultz

Practice Areas

Real Estate

Permitting & Land Use

Environmental, Zoning & Land Use

Development

Hotels & Hospitality

Life Sciences

Real Estate Industry

Career

Jenn focuses her practice on real estate and land-use law on complex mixed-use development and specializes in permitting with the majority of her projects located in Boston and Somerville. In Boston, she regularly appears before the Boston Planning and Development Agency, the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal and Zoning Commission, the Boston Air Pollution Control Commission, the Public Improvement Commission and Boston Landmarks Commission, and in Somerville she works closely with the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, and appears regularly before the Planning Board, Historic Commission, and Zoning Board.

Jenn also regularly advises on investments inside and outside Boston for development deals and conducts large-scale diligence of all permitting items including local, state and federal. Additionally, she advises on and negotiates land-use agreements including purchases and sales, long-term ground leases, and development, abutter and reciprocal easement agreements. Jenn previously also concentrated on land-use litigation including zoning disputes and contract disputes related to land-use. She represents developers, REITs, REIMs, universities/colleges, hospitals, hotel owners and managers and land-centric nonprofits.

Professional Memberships

Chair, Massachusetts Bar Association Education/MCLE Committee

Member, Board & Steering Committee, Massachusetts Bar Association Chapter on Development & Construction Law

Member, CREW Boston