Sale by City of Hartford to the State of Connecticut and private developer of 680,000-square-foot former G. Fox Department Store building, also requiring negotiation and implementation of tax-fixing agreement and lease back of approximately 50,000 square feet. This project was one of former Governor John Rowland’s “Six Pillars of Progress” projects for the rejuvenation of the City of Hartford.

Serving as National Preferred Real Estate Counsel for United Technologies companies. These include Pratt & Whitney, Carrier, Otis Elevator, Sikorsky, and Hamilton Sundstrand. Recent completed transactions for UT include the purchase of a manufacturing and distribution facility in South Carolina; the sale of a manufacturing plant in Connecticut; the disposition and acquisition of commercial real estate located in California, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia; and assistance in complying with applicable Connecticut Transfer Act obligations in connection with a sale.

Represented the Southcoast Center for Cancer Care at Charlton Memorial Hospital regarding its construction of a new oncology center in Fall River, Massachusetts. The representation included drafting and negotiating a development/construction management agreement, the architectural design services contract, the construction contract based on the form AIA-A121 CMc and AIA-A201 general conditions, and a demolition contract. The oncology center opened to the public in 2009.

Represent an academic institution in connection with its relocation to a new 350-student campus to be built in conjunction with a private multifamily, 120-unit condominium. Representation includes drafting and negotiation of the purchase and sale agreement with the property owner and the joint venture agreement with the private real estate developer. Handling all due diligence, design, acquisition, permitting, and construction aspects of the transaction.

Represented the manufacturer of aggregate-based construction materials in the United States and United Kingdom, in drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreement and all other sale documentation for 74,000 square feet of property in Worcester, Massachusetts, to CSX Transportation, Inc. Concurrently with that negotiation, handled client’s defense and all responses to eminent domain proceedings initiated by CSX through Department of Public Utilities to ensure that property acquisitions for new depot facility in Worcester would occur in a timely manner. Also represented property owner with drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreement and all other sale documentation for 50,000 square feet of land in Saugus, Massachusetts, to Melrose Storage Facility. In addition, handled defense of zoning enforcement action for temporary storage uses during pendency of sale.

Representation of a real estate investment fund that specializes in acquiring mid- and small-cap real estate investment properties throughout the United States. Property types have included office, hotel, multifamily, and, most recently, health care-related office buildings. In one of its funds, we represented the client in closing on seven office properties. Sellers have included international and national REITs. Each office transaction is structured to be Sharia law-compliant.

Represented a private financial holdings company in connection with the disposition or redevelopment of property located at 300 to 310 Wilson Avenue in Norwalk, Connecticut. This representation included advice on local regulatory matters and a review of the permitting necessary for redevelopment.