Katherine E. Garavaglia

Notable Experience and Client Impact

• Represented a municipality in a joint venture with a developer to construct a 266-unit apartment building in Charlestown, MA, including negotiation of the joint venture operating agreement, loan agreement, and ground lease.
• Advised on $113 million sale of 1.8 million square feet of industrial warehouses in various stages of construction across four different states.
• Advised a municipality on the redevelopment of an affordable housing development in South Boston involving demolition of the existing structures and construction of 17 new buildings and a community center.
• Assisted with $1.8 billion transaction of senior housing facilities throughout New England, including negotiation of mechanic’s lien indemnity agreements and non imputation and title affidavits as well as title curative work.
• Advised a lender on a $60 million construction loan for laboratory and office space in Burlington, MA, including the construction loan agreement, note, mortgage, architect and engineer consents, and participation agreements.
• Represented a lender in the $56 million refinancing of an apartment complex in Westford, MA.
• Advised on a $140 million transaction involving two warehouses in California that will become distribution centers for a large online retailer, including financial analysis and zoning and survey review.
• Advised an affordable housing development group on the ground lease of a former mill in Southbridge, MA, including due diligence, title and survey review, and negotiation of title insurance coverage.
• Handled 26 site acquisitions of gas station convenience stores across three states.
• Represented a developer in the formation of a commercial condominium, drafting the master deed and declaration of trust and supporting the related permitting and zoning applications.

Katie co-chairs the Commercial Real Estate Transactions Committee of the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA) and serves on the Advisory Committee on the Land Court Guidelines.

Prior to joining Nutter, Katie was a real estate associate at a Boston law firm, where she represented municipalities, developers, and lenders in affordable housing and other commercial real estate matters. Previously, she was a real estate and development associate in the Boston office of a national law firm, underwriting counsel in the national commercial services group of a national title insurance company, and claims counsel for a national title insurer.