January 21st, 2026, 12:56PM

Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' Department of Revenue owes a Boston Seaport developer a $15.3 million brownfields tax credit, a state judge said, finding that the tax agency was not entitled to second-guess the extent and cost of environmental remediation at the site to justify a smaller amount.

December 15th, 2025, 8:19PM

Elaine Briseño

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was hit with a lawsuit on Monday over its approval of a natural gas project in Texas, with the Sierra Club, the South Texas Environmental Justice Network and the city of Port Isabel, Texas, alleging the agency used a flawed analysis to assess the polluting effect of the project.

December 12th, 2025, 6:34PM

Elaine Briseño

A Florida federal judge said Friday that Lockheed Martin Corp. must face claims from three families that allege chemicals produced at a research and development facility contaminated the surrounding environment and caused birth defects in their children.

November 13th, 2025, 5:23PM

Julie Manganis

The developer of the Echelon Seaport luxury residential complex in Boston's Seaport District and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue have each made their case for a pretrial win in a long-running dispute over a tax credit for an environmental cleanup.

October 15th, 2025, 6:38PM

Charlie Innis

The extension of a key legal tool in California for easing development on contaminated sites can relieve the state's housing shortage, though more work can be done to improve the legislation and make it work better with other environmental regulations, according to a partner at Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP.

September 9th, 2025, 6:36PM

Isaac Monterose

The Domain Cos. borrowed two loans worth more than $127 million combined from U.S. Bank for the developer's Brooklyn mixed-use, multifamily tower project, in deals guided by Emmet Marvin & Martin LLP, according to official property records filed Tuesday.

August 22nd, 2025, 3:41PM

Grace Dixon

Rubin and Rudman LLP has hired a partner to the firm's environmental, land use and zoning practice group whose transactional and regulatory compliance focus will complement the firm's bench of environmental land use law and real estate law experts and litigators.

August 11th, 2025, 4:00PM

Grace Dixon

Among the $3 billion worth of early deliveries for four major Baltimore waterfront redevelopment projects are a global investment firm's 550,000-square-foot headquarters, more than 700 residential units, and over 45 acres of new or revamped park space.

July 22nd, 2025, 1:09PM

Zak Kostro

Oregon extended its program of local property tax incentives for brownfield development by six years under a bill signed by the governor.

June 23rd, 2025, 5:43PM

Maria Koklanaris

A brownfield developer can't claim New York's brownfield redevelopment tax credit on capitalized costs related to water main improvements serving the site, the state tax tribunal ruled in an opinion released Monday, overturning an administrative law judge's determination.

June 10th, 2025, 1:37PM

Zak Kostro

Delaware would provide corporate tax credits for the construction and operation of qualifying high-efficiency electricity production facilities under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

June 4th, 2025, 3:25PM

Isaac Monterose

Partners Group on Wednesday announced that it has acquired a utility developer from venture capital firm EnCap Investments, in a deal advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

June 3rd, 2025, 3:32PM

Sanjay Talwani

Oregon would extend its program of local property tax incentives for brownfield development for six years under legislation passed unanimously by the state Senate on Tuesday.

May 30th, 2025, 2:29PM

Julie Manganis

Massachusetts tax officials who have taken more than two years to consider the appeal of a denied brownfields tax credit must hand over the administrative record in the case so that a developer can pursue a motion for judgment on the pleadings, a state court justice has ordered.

May 15th, 2025, 4:59PM

Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regulation expected to take effect this summer could slow property sales and lead to increased litigation as attorneys and real estate investors grapple with stricter requirements for reporting toxic spills, experts speaking Thursday at the State Bar Association's annual meeting in Atlantic City said.

March 10th, 2025, 7:31PM

Linda Chiem

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday rescinded Biden-era memorandums that advised state and local agencies receiving funds from 2021's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to prioritize highway, road, bridge and other projects that promoted social justice or climate resiliency goals.

February 27th, 2025, 5:00PM

Isaac Monterose

A Brooklyn property owner and two companies accused National Grid of owing rent on the site of a former industrial facility and impeding their businesses by not telling them quickly enough that there were radioactive materials there.

February 6th, 2025, 4:02PM

Emma Kennedy

Property developers were thrown into a new regulatory landscape in 2024 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated two PFAS as hazardous substances, but there appears to be even more upheaval on the horizon.

January 29th, 2025, 10:46PM

Nate Beck

A Trump administration order to pause "green new deal" programs shouldn't halt tax credits for renewable power overnight, legal experts say, even if those programs and others within the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act could face fresh scrutiny.

January 29th, 2025, 7:19PM

Emma Kennedy

President Donald Trump's turbulent 48-hour federal funding freeze sent ripples through the brownfields industry, with developers — who often rely on the federal government as a major funding partner — unsure of the future feasibility of their projects.