Drew Ley has over 30 years of real estate law experience covering all aspects of commercial (office and retail), industrial and multi-family real estate projects, including representation of lenders and developers in acquisition, development, sales, leasing, financing, permitting, subdivision and general real estate issues. Drew, who is a retired Colonel in the United States Marine Corps and a former naval aviator, is also an approved title attorney for major national title insurance companies.

• The acquisition and development of major portions of a 200-acre mixed use project involving the redevelopment of a former naval air station
• The acquisition, development and sales of multi-family residential projects in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maryland, Michigan and Virginia totaling over 7,000 units The acquisition, development and leasing of over 1.5 million square feet of office, retail and mixed-use projects
• Counsel for complex development projects, including the land assembly of over 20 parcels of land on behalf of a non-profit client for the building of a community center
• The acquisition and development of a 300-unit multi-family project in Rhode Island involving agency housing development bonds, letters of credit, construction loans, mezzanine loans and an equity investment by a major life insurance company
• The acquisition and development of a Maryland multi-family project financed with Sharia compliant loan documentation
• The development of a 27-hole golf course and amenities situated on land leased from two municipalities, which required the negotiation of the leases and infrastructure improvements, as well as the sale of parcels separate from the course for multi-family development
• Representation of the prevailing parties in Chandler v. Nantucket County Commissioners, 437 Mass. 430 (2002), which involved an unauthorized taking of private property allegedly for public use, and Gifford v. Planning Board of Nantucket, 376 Mass. 801 (1978), in which a division of a tract of land was incorrectly excepted from the Subdivision Control Law