Overview
Gemma Cashman focuses her practice on real estate and land use law, assisting real estate developers and financial institutions on matters, including property finance, conveyancing, development, permitting and leasing. She represents commercial clients in the energy, utilities and real estate development industries.
Gemma assists real estate clients in all aspects of diligence in connection with conveyancing, constructing and financing commercial real estate, including joint venture agreements and other organizational documents, condominium documents, ground and space leases, and title insurance. Her experience involves coordinating with municipal and state authorities on complex permitting and zoning issues, due diligence review, drafting and negotiating agreements, and strategic planning.
Gemma also has extensive experience working with residential and nonprofit clients on real property transactions with substantial tax implications.
Experience
Represented an American life insurance company, as lender, in the originations of a $556 million construction loan and a $107.5 million mezzanine loan to build groundbreaking office tower on Park Avenue, New York City
Represented a real estate developer in the $13.2 million acquisition and financing of an office building in Boston, Massachusetts with substantial title issues
Represented a buyer during the purchase of both a $4.2 million urban office complex and a $1.5 million residential condominium, utilizing a 1031 reverse exchange as a component of the transaction
Counseled developer on a $6.8 million refinancing of a suburban commercial complex
Counseled developer on $2.8 million construction financing of a condominium complex
Currently representing an institutional investor in industrial properties located across the country and related financing and joint venture work
Represented an international life insurance company, as lender, in connection with the financing of a portfolio of geo-thermal projects with an approximate loan amount of $180 million
Currently representing an institutional investor in the acquisition and financing of apartment buildings located in the greater Boston area and related work in the formation of joint venture arrangements and a real estate investment fund
Represented an equity investor in connection with an approximate $400 million investment in a portfolio of wind and solar projects located across the country
Education and Credentials
Education
- Boston College, B.A., 2011
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2014
Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Affiliations
- New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE)
- The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts (REBA)
Recognition and Community
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Recognitions
Selected to The Best Lawyers in America list of Ones to Watch (Woodward/White, Inc.) for Environmental Law, 2023-2025; Real Estate Law, 2021-2025
In The Media
Publications
- Coworking Here to Stay, Warrants Close Scrutiny, The Real Reporter, June 23, 2016
- Bill To Revise Delinquent Property Tax Collection Is A Lose-Lose, Banker & Tradesman, December 6, 2015
Media Mention
- Promotions, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 20, 2023
- Day Pitney Elevates 11 To Partner, Law360 Pulse, January 3, 2023
- Providence Lawyer Emma Becker Named Partner at Day Pitney, Providence Business First, January 3, 2023
- Eleven Day Pitney Attorneys Elevated to Firm Partnership in 2023, The Boca Raton Tribune, January 4, 2023
- Day Pitney's Renewable Energy Team Completed Two Major Transmission Siting Filings for Mayflower Wind Energy, Energy Central News, June 5, 2022
- Lincoln Property Company Receives Approval for New Industrial Development in Marlborough, Construction to Begin in Early 2022, Boston Real Estate Times, November 12, 2021