Peter Friedenberg is chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department. He maintains a broad transactional real estate practice, including facilities operation and management matters. His clients include developers, lenders, educational institutions, nonprofit entities, public agencies, and operating companies. Peter became a LEED Accredited Professional in September 2008.

 

Peter has extensive experience in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing, disposition, and operation of office, research and development, laboratory, institutional, and commercial properties. He has served as real estate counsel for many years to a Fortune 500 company in connection with its national real estate facilities program, including the disposition of more than 7 million sq. ft. of buildings and 5,000 acres of land.

 

Peter has substantial experience in the operation and management of campus facilities for both nonprofit institutions and public companies, including the negotiation of facilities maintenance agreements, logistics agreements, property management agreements, and other outsourcing contracts. 

 

In 2010, Peter was invited to join The American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011. In 2006, Peter was elected a member of The Abstract Club, an organization comprising the top 100 real estate attorneys in Massachusetts.