Brent M. McDonald

Brent’s representative work includes:

• representing the local redevelopment authority in real estate, environmental, and permitting matters for the redevelopment of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, closed as part of BRAC 1995, including the creation of subdivision and other by-laws
• representing a non-profit recipient of a $32 million Broadband Technology Opportunity Program grant by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds to construct a comprehensive middle mile communications network consisting of a core fiber optic backbone, microwave overlay and regional colocation center, including the drafting and negotiating of construction contracts, indefeasible right to use agreements, cell tower leases and licenses and requests for proposals.
• assisting the owner of an oceanfront mixed-use development on a former mill complex with Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act compliance
• permitting and zoning work for power plants in Massachusetts
• representing a nonprofit corporation in the permitting and financing of a proposed intergenerational campus in Dedham, Massachusetts
• representing a group of life insurance companies and pension funds on a $35 million loan increase for the redevelopment of a mixed-use laboratory and retail project in Boston
• representing a life insurance company on three $120 - $175 million portfolio loans, secured by industrial properties located throughout the United States
• refinancing of an industrial building and related facilities for a media company in western Massachusetts
• representing a religious organization in permanent and construction loans to congregations throughout the United States

Brent is active in the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts and was named to the 2007 Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Stars list.

Brent gained previous experience as an intern with the Public Charities Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General and with Harvard University’s Office of the General Counsel. During law school, Brent was an editor of the Public Interest Law Journal, and in college he was drum major of the Boston College Marching Band. Brent currently sits on the Board of Directors and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, Inc., a nonprofit drum and bugle corps for high school and college students.