Mark T. Vaughan
- Burlington Office
- 617-880-3457 617-692-3457 fax
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- mvaughan@riemerlaw.com
Mark is experienced in all aspects of real estate transactions, with emphasis on real estate development, financing, conveyancing, and leasing. He also focuses on land use and the environmental permit process for office buildings, office parks, retail complexes, hotels, senior assisted living housing, and multi-family housing. He has extensive experience with local zoning and subdivision matters, wetlands permitting, state environmental permitting, MEPA, laws regulating access to state highways and municipal sewer and water systems, as well as laws pertaining to affordable housing and historic preservation.
Before becoming an attorney, Mark worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Land Use Planner in the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction. He worked closely with various state transportation agencies to address the effect on transportation of development projects being reviewed under the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act.
Mark is a former member of the Stoneham Board of Selectmen and served as chairman in 1993 and 1994. In that capacity, he was active in the Massachusetts Municipal Association and was a member of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Advisory Board. In addition, Mark is a former member of the Stoneham Conservation Commission.
Representative Transactions
- Worked with a chain of movie theaters in leasing and acquiring sites throughout the country
- Represented a national department store chain in connection with the redevelopment and permit process for sites in Woburn and Burlington, Massachusetts
- Counsel for a major computer company in the acquisition and permitting of its corporate campus in Burlington, Massachusetts
- Counsel for a day-care center chain in the development and permitting of various properties in Greater Boston
- Worked with a variety of housing developers in connection with the state's comprehensive permit statute, including obtaining state and local approvals for apartment and condominium developments throughout Greater Boston
- Represented a developer in the acquisition, development and permitting of an approximately 1 million square foot office park in Woburn, Massachusetts, including negotiations with the state with respect to a new interchange on Interstate 93
- Represented a developer in the acquisition, permitting and redevelopment of an abandoned furniture showroom in Stoneham Square into a mixed use development consisting of luxury residences and retail/office space
In The News
- Restaurants are the "new anchors" of retail real estate development - Restaurants may be leading the economy out of the downturn. Mark Vaughan discusses how restaurants have become the anchor stores for a number of retail real estate development projects in the area. Also in this segment: how some area communities are starting to see more tax revenue as a result.
New England Cable News, April 6, 2011 - I-495 struggles to see light at end of tunnel - despite poor fundamentals, deals are being made - Mark Vaughan discusses the relationship between the Route 128 and I-495 office rental markets.
Banker & Tradesman, November 22, 2010 - Failure to repeal Massachusetts' affordable housing law may boost multifamily, mixed-use development - With voters deciding to keep 40B, the affordable housing statute, it may encourage developers to create more mixed-income housing, according to Mark Vaughan.
Banker & Tradesman, November 8, 2010 - A towering monopoly: how Boston Properties is poised to rule Boston's Back Bay – and beyond - Mark Vaughan discusses how the acquisition of Boston's John Hancock Tower by Boston Properties provides a benchmark sale against which to judge future large transactions.
Banker & Tradesman, October 11, 2010 - Betting on Burlington: Equity Office moves to revamp New England Executive Park - Mark Vaughan, who handled the legal strategy for the rezoning of New England Executive Park in Burlington on behalf of Equity Office Properties, discusses how the new zoning allows Equity to reinvest in this Class-A location.
Banker & Tradesman, October 19, 2009 - How zoning flexibility could help local economy - One component of municipal revenue that is not subject to the cap imposed by Proposition 2 1/2 is tax revenue raised from new real estate development. In a recent Boston Globe Op-Ed, Mark Vaughan writes that while many community officials will be focusing on cutbacks over the coming months and how to make ends meet, an opportunity exists for municipalities to think creatively about future economic growth.
The Boston Globe, February 14, 2009 - Permitting moves at the "speed of business" - Mark Vaughan, who represented Nordblom Company and Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. in connection with the Northwest Park redevelopment, was recently part of a story in The Boston Globe discussing the project and the significance of the recent designation of the Northwest Park site as a "growth district" by the Governor Patrick administration.
The Boston Globe, November 27, 2008 - Real estate development in Massachusetts - Mark Vaughan was recently featured on New England Cable News discussing how the economy, including the credit crisis, has affected commercial real estate across the Commonwealth.
New England Cable News, October 22, 2008 - Mark Vaughan on IBM's new software campus - Mark Vaughan discusses IBM's new software campus in Littleton and Westford, MA.
New England Cable News, August 14, 2007
- Affiliations
- Board of Corporators for Winchester Hospital
Board of Overseers for Zoo New England
International Council of Shopping Centers
Massachusetts Bar Association
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts - Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1995
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1996 - Education
- Boston College Law School, J.D., 1995
Tufts University, B.A. cum laude, 1987
