Real Estate Development
Development of any real estate requires clients to have vision, perseverance, and courage. Shaevel & Krems sees itself as a partner in the process being proactive rather than reactive. Our success with getting things built has been the result of hard work, creativity, and the ability to recognize when to fight and when to compromise. Our team, which has over 50 years of combined experience, has helped build senior housing, family housing, religious institutions, health care facilities, and commercial structures in urban, suburban and rural areas.
OUR PRACTICE
The Real Estate Development team provides the following services:
- Zoning and Permitting
- Subdivision Approvals
- Acquisition, Licensing and Sale of Real Estate
- Negotiation of Construction and Architect Contracts
- Zoning Opinions
- Construction and Permanent Financing of Residential and Commercial Projects
- Neighborhood Grassroots Outreach
- Litigation
- Condominium Conversion
- Refinancing HUD Properties
- Acquisition Due Diligence
- Title, Easements and Related Matters
Representative Projects:
- Permitted a 106,000 square foot suburban office building in Needham, MA
- Permitted and assisted in the development of 121 units of affordable elderly housing in Newton, MA
- Permitted a 40,000 square foot Community Center in Oak Square, Brighton, a section of Boston, MA
- Permitted 48 townhouse condominiums in Newton, MA
- Assisted in the acquisition of commercial property valued at 50 million dollars in Newton and Waltham, MA
- Assisted in licensing and permitting a hotel alcohol and entertainment operation for an international hotel chain in Boston, MA
- Negotiated construction mitigation for a project in Brookline, MA
- Government relations services leading to client’s selection as developer for Parcel 6 over the downtown Rose Kennedy Greenway
- 167 units of affordable elderly housing
- 390 senior living units for over 55 market
What Differentiates Our Real Estate Development Team:
- Strategic political planning skills and technical expertise
- Initiate and guide grassroots abutter support
- Quality service at affordable rates sensitized to financial pressures on development budgets
- Committed to Service, Solutions, and Success
OUR TEAM
- William H. Shaevel, Practice Chair
- Kenneth A. Krems
- David R. Jackowitz
- Lisa O’Brien, Paralegal