Real Estate

Practice Overview

Drummond Woodsum’s real estate attorneys are a trusted and experienced team, representing clients across the Northeast, nationally, and Canadian entities with U.S. real estate interests. Our practice is focused on complex commercial, institutional, and large-scale development projects.

We guide developers, municipalities, and institutions through all phases of a project—from concept and permitting to construction and final closing. Our experience includes projects involving green design, conservation easements, LEED certification, and various tax credit programs such as New Markets Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, and Historic Preservation Tax Credits. We frequently work on public-private partnerships and advise commercial lenders on real estate financing matters.

Representative projects include:

• Redevelopment of the Brunswick (Maine) Naval Air Station
• Working with the Town of Merrimack, New Hampshire, on the Merrimack Premium Outlets Project
• Development of a 560 megawatt gas turbine power plant in Westbrook, Maine
• Acquisition and development of a retail/office business park in Scarborough, Maine
• Developed the Downtown Redevelopment District for the City of Claremont, New Hampshire
• Acquisition and development of Tidewater Farms, a multi-use residential/conservation project in Falmouth, Maine
• Creation of extensive conservation easements on undeveloped acreage in Rangeley, Maine
• Redevelopment of a historic fort property into a multi-use facility on Great Diamond Island, Portland, Maine, utilizing historic tax credits
• Acquisition of timberlands in Maine’s North Woods for both commercial and conservation purposes