Susan is highly skilled and experienced in evaluating and negotiating solutions for environmental issues relating to transactions, permitting, and property development. She has advised purchasers, sellers, lenders, and developers of property with hazardous waste or environmental permitting issues for 32 years on thousands of transactions. Susan regularly devises successful strategies to secure the permits and approvals needed to transfer and develop contaminated properties. She has deep expertise in advising national retail chains on the acquisition, redevelopment and financing of Brownfield sites throughout the country. Susan has also contributed to ASTM International’s development of environmental standards.
In addition to real estate transactions, she coordinates and conducts diligence for all types of corporate counsel in assessing risks, evaluating and negotiating environmental insurance, and structuring transactions in order to effectively allocate environmental risks.
Susan represents clients in negotiations with state and local environmental agencies, and has represented manufacturing and other industrial businesses with respect to a wide variety of environmental matters, including state and federal air quality, storm water discharge, wetlands, petroleum storage tanks, Chapter 91, groundwater withdrawal, asbestos, lead paint, indoor air, and other regulatory compliance issues.
Her particular emphasis is on advising national retail store and restaurant chains on the acquisition and redevelopment of Brownfield sites throughout the country. She assists in the purchase, cleanup, and development of individual properties, and then in financing multistate property portfolios through sale/leaseback and other mechanisms, including counseling clients on disclosure and working with rating agencies on environmental issues.
Susan has addressed environmental concerns in the acquisition and ground-leasing of more than 4,600 properties in 45 states. She has also served as environmental counsel on more than 60 sale-leaseback transactions involving more than 3,500 retail properties with an aggregate value in excess of $12 billion.
