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Jeffrey K. Ganguly
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Jeff has developed a broad transactional commercial real estate practice with an emphasis on zoning, permitting, complex land use matters, acquisitions and dispositions and financing. He represents a variety of local and national owners, developers, lenders, equity investors and tenants in connection with their acquisitions, development zoning and permitting, financing and lease negotiations. He is experienced with City of Boston Article 80 development, mixed-use and transit oriented development, multi-family and affordable housing development and real estate due diligence in tax credit equity investments.
Jeff began his legal career at Goulston & Storrs in Boston and was most recently a partner in the real estate practice group of the Boston office of Holland & Knight.
Recent Transactions:
HEI Hotels & ResortsAct as special local counsel in refinancing of the Liberty Hotel in Boston, MA. (1st quarter of 2011)
Cambridge Incubator, Inc., (dba Cambridge Innovation Center)
Represent borrower in leasehold construction loan financing for improvements to its corporate headquarters at One Broadway, Cambridge, MA. (2nd quarter 2010 and 1st quarter 2011)
Whittier Street Health Center
Represent client, a non-profit community health center, in the development of a new five-story, 79,000 community health care facility in Roxbury, MA, including negotiation of ground lease with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, zoning, permitting, and new market tax credit financing. (4th quarter 2010)
Mystic Brewery
Represent tenant, a start-up microbrewery, in lease of up to 12,000 square feet of warehouse space for brewery operations and headquarters in the Mystic Commerce Center, Chelsea, MA. (4th quarter 2010)
Oasys Water, Inc.
Represent tenant, a clean water technology start-up company in (i) office lease for the relocation of its corporate office space and (ii) lease of research and development space, both located in the new Innovation District in the Boston Marine Industrial Park in South Boston. (3rd quarter 2010)
Skyscape, Inc.
Represent tenant, a global leader in mobile medical information, in the leasing of 10,000 square feet of office space in Marlborough, MA. (3rd quarter, 2010)
Venyu, Inc.
Negotiate office lease on behalf of tenant, a data protection and recovery company, for 9,563 square feet in Marlborough Technology Park, Marlborough, MA. (3rd quarter 2010)
Past Transactions:
Phase Forward, Inc.Negotiation of 15,000 square feet of office space in Princeton, NJ.
ITG, Inc.
Negotiation of Construction Contracts for renovation of new office space in Boston, MA.
Simpson Housing, LLP, Boston, MA
Represented developer in the zoning and permitting of a 13-story mixed use, transit-oriented, air rights development project in the Bulfinch Triangle area of Boston, including Article 80 zoning and MEPA compliance and negotiation of Development Agreement and Ground Lease from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. (2005 - 2009)
Stratford Capital Group
Fulton School, Weymouth, MA (2008) and Brown School, Peabody, MA (2006)
Represented developer in the acquisition, zoning, permitting and financing of the adaptive re-use of two historic school buildings into multi-family residential housing with senior housing and affordable housing components, including historic and low income housing tax credits.
RREEF, Crosby Corporate Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
Represented owner in the acquisition of a 9 building, 500,000+ rentable square foot office park off the Route 128 belt of Suburban Boston. (2006)
Weston Nurseries, Inc.
Hopkinton, MA (2007) and Ashland, MA (2007)
Assisted land owner in the sale of approximately 800 acres to a private developer under residential development and a municipality, for preservation under Article 61A.
Lee Kennedy Company, Corporate Offices, Quincy, MA
Represented construction company in the acquisition and financing of new corporate headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts. (2007)
Jubilee Christian Church International, Inc.
Dudley Square, Boston, MA: Acquisition financing, zoning, permitting, development and lease out of 30,000 square-foot office building developed under MGL 121A. (2004 - 2008)
Stoughton, MA: Acquisition and financing of church facility. (2006)
Atrium Lofts, East Boston, MA
Represented joint venture investor/developer in the acquisition, zoning, permitting and financing to convert a former industrial property into 216 unit residential loft units. (2004)
MMA Construction Finance LLC, New Bedford, MA
Represented lender in $16 million construction loan financing for acquisition and rehabilitation of a 320 unit multi-family residential building with HUD Section 8 and Low Income Housing Insurance Credit components. (2006)
Presentations:
Client Presentation, Winter 2007Industry Presentation, Fall 2008
Professional Activities:
- Member of the Boston Bar Association
- Member of the Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member of the American Bar Association
- Member of the Urban Land Institute
- Member of NAIOP
- Board Member, Norwell Farms, Inc.
Bar and Court Admissions:
Mr. Ganguly is admitted to the bar of Massachusetts.Education:
J.D., Boston College Law School, 1999Executive Editor, Environmental Affairs Law Review
Certificate in Environmental Law
B.A., Bucknell University, 1993