Location: Maspeth, NY | Date:2014

SPR represents the purchaser of this one-time copper smelter property and listed Class-2 Inactive Hazardous Waste Site who is redeveloping its approximately 39-acres for commercial and light industrial use. Working closely with the prior owner, the developer and the regulators, SPR helped secure the Record of Decision and other regulatory approvals that have cleaned...

Location: Manhattan, NY | Date:

SPR represented Manhattan Beer Distributors in connection with a contract to purchase and install a 1.1 megawatt rooftop photovoltaic generation system atop the client’s Bronx warehouse.  This is the largest privately-owned solar energy installation in New York City.  The Firm negotiated the design/build contract, including its technical specifications, as well as operational and maintenance...

Location: Illinois | Date:2024

SPR represents a lender in connection with $1,400,000 Term Loan for a 3.029 kW roof-mounted solar project.

Location: New York | Date:2024

SPR represents a lender in connection with a $21 million landfill gas to renewable natural gas construction-to-term loan and $1 million letter of credit to Chautauqua Green Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of CGE Ventures, LLC, a joint venture of Vireo Energy, LLC, Emkey Gathering, LLC and Sumiya Investment Management.

Location: Brooklyn, NY | Date:2013

On behalf of project developers, SPR obtained dismissal of claims in New York County Supreme Court brought under the State Environmental Quality Review Act to challenge the mixed-use City Point project in Downtown Brooklyn by community group and labor unions on statute of limitations and standing grounds.  SPR also advised the developer with respect...

Location: Brooklyn, NY | Date:2014

The firm helped complete federal and state tidal wetlands permitting and the State Environmental Quality Review Act natural resources and hazardous material review, and obtained United State Environmental Protection Agency sign-off and State Brownfield Cleanup Program Certificate of Completion for the new Whole Foods site on 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue.