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Victoria L. Polito
Victoria L. Polito is a commercial real estate attorney with over thirty years of experience handling a broad range of commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Polito’s experience includes representation of landlords (including owners of downtown Boston office buildings and suburban office parks) and tenants in connection with office, shopping center, restaurant, and industrial leases, representation of buyers and sellers in connection with the acquisition and sale of industrial sites, apartment complexes and shopping centers, representation of developers regarding land use, title and zoning matters, and representation of institutional lenders and borrowers in connection with mortgage financing transactions.
Prior to joining Dain Torpy, Ms. Polito spent six years as Of Counsel at the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP in its Real Estate Practice Group. Previously Ms. Polito was a partner in the Boston firm of Singer, Stoneman, Kunian & Kurland, P.C., where she handled both commercial real estate and business transactions. Ms. Polito’s broad range of transactional and leasing experience provides clients with expertise across the commercial real estate spectrum.
Representative Experience
- Represented the Seller in connection with the sale of a regional Shopping Center in a $49 million dollar transaction.
- Represented the Buyer of a downtown Boston building in the theater district in a $7 million dollar transaction.
- Played a leading role in the acquisition of a portfolio of 50 office and R&D buildings in New England by a national REIT in a $500 Million transaction, including managing team of attorneys and paralegals. Negotiated and drafted leases with national and regional tenants for space within buildings purchased in such acquisition.
- Represented national retailer in negotiation and drafting of complex leases, subleases and related agreements for store sites (including gas station sites) within shopping centers, mixed use developments, urban buildings, pad sites, office, residential and retail condominiums, and government buildings, including existing buildings, vacant land, and build-to suit locations.
Professional Activities
- Member of the Boston Bar Association
- Member of the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA)
- NAIOP
- Member of CREW Boston, successor to NEWiRE, New England’s leading network of professional women working in commercial real estate.
Bar and Court Admissions
Ms. Polito is admitted to practice in Massachusetts
Education
- J.D. Harvard Law School, 1977
- B.A. Tufts University (summa cum laude) Phi Beta Kappa