Representative Matters
For over sixty years, Sive, Paget & Riesel has been a recognized leader in environmental, land use, and municipal law and litigation. The firm has unparalleled experience assisting clients with environmental reviews, brownfield cleanups and redevelopment, environmental permitting, environmental aspects of real estate management, and due diligence reviews and risk assessments for corporate and real estate transactions. In recent years, the firm has built new practices in project finance, offshore wind and other renewables, climate change, and resiliency that draw on the firm’s historical strengths and experiences.
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey – Bus Terminal
SPR serves as special environmental counsel to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on the environmental impact review of the proposed replacement of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. The project entails a new main terminal, an adjunct facility for additional bus storage...
New York City Housing Authority – PACT Conversion
SPR advises small and large property managers and owners regarding compliance with federal and NYC lead-based paint (LBP) legal requirements. Our practice also includes advising parties on the regulatory and consent order requirements applicable to LBP in the context of conversions of NYCHA publi...
Extra Space Storage
SPR managed the environmental due diligence for a $12 Billion merger involving 1,300 facilities across the USA. Facilities were located in at least 37 jurisdictions, including: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, MO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, P...
GSI – NY Green Bank
SPR represents a lender in connection with $10,000,000 revolving credit facility for GSI to finance interconnection deposits for distributed solar generation or battery energy storage projects.
Redevelopment of Former Domino Sugar Factory
The firm represents The Refinery, LLC, the developer of the former Domino Sugar facility on the East River in Brooklyn, with regard to waterfront permitting. The proposed development involves construction of new buildings that will include up to 120,000 gross square feet (gsf) of retail/commercia...