Real Estate

Strang Scott offers legal services to the commercial real estate industry, with a focus on development, zoning, permitting, wetlands, leasing and transactional matters across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.  We represent a diverse range of clients, including developers, property owners, investors, businesses, utilities, and commercial and retail landlords and tenants.

Land Use

Strang Scott’s attorneys counsel clients on various types of public and private commercial real estate projects including the development or redevelopment of office buildings, commercial and retail centers, multi-family housing, mixed-use developments, life sciences, lab space, manufacturing, renewable energy, health care facilities, shopping centers, grocery stores, public storage, restaurants, animal hospitals and animal boarding facilities, cannabis operations, breweries, wireless communications and subdivisions. Strang Scott works with its clients to perform regulatory and due diligence reviews, draft and submit permitting applications, and advocate before public boards, commissions, and in administrative hearings.  Our attorneys routinely represent clients in connection with special and conditional use permits, variances, site plan review, zoning amendments, wetlands permitting and enforcement actions.

Leases & Transactions

We counsel commercial landlords and tenants in connection with the negotiation and drafting of leases and subleases in connection with various uses including office, retail, industrial, and multi-family properties.  Our attorneys also assist clients in connection with the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate, from negotiating deal terms, drafting purchase and sale agreements managing due diligence reviews, to drafting closing documents and conducting the closing.

Commercial Real Estate Litigation

In addition to our permitting and transactional expertise, we also specialize in real estate-related litigation and alternative dispute resolution.  Our litigation team handles a wide range of disputes such as, appeals of zoning and permitting decisions, administrative actions, leasing disputes, and issues related to adverse possession, boundary disputes and easements.  Clients depend on Strang Scott to craft effective litigation strategies and solutions tailored to their needs.