Edward S. Hershfield

Experience: Real Estate Matters: Representation of an international hotel chain in the development and leasing of an air rights project above the Massachusetts Turnpike; the first air rights project in Boston in nearly forty years.; Representation of a national investment and asset management firm in the acquisition of a major development site in Downtown Boston, including agreements with preferred equity and equity sources, joint venture agreements and development agreements.; Representation of one of the five largest Massachusetts real estate companies in the acquisition, financing, leasing, and disposition of multiple multi-family, retain and office sites in Massachusetts.; Representation of a national real estate development company in the acquisition, permitting, financing, construction and multiple property sales of a former military base in Massachusetts.; Representation of a national gaming company in the acquisition, rezoning and permitting of a gaming facility in Massachusetts.; Representation of a national real estate fund in the acquisition and development of real estate sites throughout Massachusetts, including equity investments into joint ventures.; Representation of a national brokerage and financial advisory firm in leasing and land use matters throughout the United States.; Representation of a national investment and asset management firm in the acquisition of office buildings, laboratory buildings and development sites throughout Massachusetts.; Representation of a developer in the conversion of a coal fired power plant into a natural gas-powered facility and the sale of a portion of the land for alternative energy uses; Representation of a national energy company in the sale of a former power plant, including instituting agreements to enable the energy company to share in future appreciation of the site.; Representation of a major Chinese investment fund in the acquisition of land and the development of multi-family projects in the Northeastern United States.; Financial Matters: Representation of a national investment and asset management firm in an historic tax credit mezzanine loan for the development of a city-center hotel in the Southeastern United States.; Representation of a real estate company in the acquisition of multiple pharmacy sites through the United States, which had been subject to securitized debt, including the defeasance of existing financing.; Representation of a national investment and asset management firm in financing the acquisition and development of a major vacant Downtown Boston site, including structuring the preferred equity and equity investments; Representation of a developer of a forty-acre mixed use site in structuring an equity investment and related management and development agreements.; Representation of a gaming company in structuring joint venture operating agreements, preferred equity investments and additional equity investments.;