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.
Rooftop and Carport Solar – NYCEEC
SPR represented a lender as sole counsel for a construction-to-term loan supporting Granite Canyon’s late-stage development of a 1.64 MW rooftop and carport solar PV system in Bladensburg, Maryland, which will participate in DC’s Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC) market and Maryland's Communi...
Community Solar Portfolio – NYCEEC
SPR represented a lender as primary counsel (with support from local counsel for non-New York specific issues) for $10MM revolving development credit facility supporting Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI), a subsidiary of Libra Group, in its community solar projects across the Northeast a...
NYS Community Solar project – NYCEEC
SPR represented a lender as sole counsel for bridge and permanent loans to finance two ground-mounted solar installations with a combined capacity of 13.66MW DC in Oneida County, New York. The community solar project will be subscribed to low- to moderate-income residents in the National Grid ser...
Queens Community Solar – NYCEEC
SPR represented NYCEEC as sole counsel for a construction to-term loan to UGE for an 847 kW rooftop community solar project located in the College Point neighborhood of Queens, New York. The system will be located on the roof of a newly constructed commercial logistics property, with 45% of the e...
New York Liberty – Practice Facility
SPR represents the New York Liberty with regard to waterfront authorizations of a revolutionary practice facility in Newtown Creek. Designed “by players, for players,” the 75,000 square-foot facility is projected to open in 2027 with top-of-the-line amenities including: two full sized practice co...