Project Development

Overview

Every development starts with a vision. We make sure it gets built.

We represent developers in structuring, negotiating, and financing complex development projects. We coordinate across all stakeholders, including lenders, investors, tenants, contractors, and public authorities, to deliver practical and cost-effective results at every stage.

Our counsel covers each phase of a development project, including site evaluation, due diligence, acquisition, permitting, zoning, financing, construction, leasing, and disposition. We handle substantial commercial real estate projects across retail, office, multifamily, industrial, residential, life sciences, and mixed-use developments. We have particular depth in phased developments requiring coordination of multiple transaction types across extended timelines.

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Representative Matters

  • Represented developer in a mixed-use condominium development consisting of 36 residential units, commercial retail space, and 41 automated parking spaces in Winchester, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in a mixed-use condominium development consisting of 43 residential units, commercial retail space, and 56 automated parking spaces in Winchester, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in a 55-plus active adult community consisting of 55 detached homes on 25 acres in Wrentham, Massachusetts
  • Represented co-developer in a 600,000 square foot science project in Somerville, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in a 300-unit residential apartment community in Hyde Park, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in a hotel project in West End Boston, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in 60 affordable housing units in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in a 40-lot subdivision in Attleboro, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in an 8-lot subdivision in Kingston, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in medical offices, apartments, and an assisted living facility in Taunton, Massachusetts
  • Represented developer in a phased project consisting of a religious center and 70-unit apartment building with underground parking in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts

News & Insights

The Real Estate Cycle: Where We Are and What It Means

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Commercial Real Estate Sentiment Steady in Q1 2026 as Debt Availability Improves

February 20, 2026 | Author:  David J. Murphy The Real Estate Roundtable released its Q1 2026 Sentiment Index on February…

Preferred Equity Investment in a 188-Unit Multifamily Acquisition in Covington, Georgia

February 18, 2026-Murphy PC represented a Boston-based preferred equity investor who partnered with a sponsor in the acquisition of a…