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BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marilyn Newman, an attorney in the Environmental Section of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has been named Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs of NAIOP Massachusetts, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. Ms. Newman’s appointment was announced at the NAIOP Massachusetts annual meeting on December 15 at the Hyatt Boston.
NAIOP Massachusetts is the leading regional industry organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial, laboratory, mixed-use, retail, residential, and institutional real estate. The organization works actively to shape laws and policies affecting the commercial real estate industry. The leaders and members of its Government Affairs Committee formulate NAIOP’s government affairs agenda, propose and comment on state legislation, regulations, and policies, serve on public interest and agency advisory groups, and regularly contribute to white papers and special events, on critical topics affecting real estate development in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Chapter maintains three Government Affairs Committees, including the Environmental Committee, the Energy, Infrastructure and Economic Development Committee and the Hazardous Waste (21E) Committee.
Ms. Newman’s legal practice in Mintz Levin’s Boston office encompasses a full range of environmental permitting, compliance, cleanup, and transactional issues, with a focus on the planning, permitting, financing, and construction of public and private development projects. Ms. Newman works with clients to develop effective permitting and site assessment strategies and to secure local, state, and federal environmental approvals for a wide range of projects, including numerous transit-oriented and mixed-income residential communities throughout Greater Boston, construction and improvement of regional electric and gas service corridors, waterfront development in and around Boston Harbor, educational and medical campus improvements, major retail and life science facilities, waste disposal and transportation infrastructure, and a natural gas pipeline under Massachusetts Bay. Ms. Newman represented Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel Project regarding environmental impact review and permitting matters, including its major state and federal environmental approvals and related litigation regarding the Project.
Ms. Newman currently serves on the Town of Brookline, Massachusetts Economic Development Advisory Board, is a member of the Boston Bar Association Environmental Committee, and has served as an appointed member of the National Transportation Research Board’s Environmental Law Committee. As an active member of NAIOP Massachusetts’ Environmental Committee, she has worked together with other commercial real estate industry representatives to address a variety of key environmental regulatory issues, including proposals for new state stormwater management regulations, vapor intrusion policy guidance, and waterfront public activity requirements.
She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard (Radcliffe) College and her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
NAIOP Massachusetts was established in 1978 and is a chapter of NAIOP, an international organization with over 18,000 members in 55 North American Chapters. NAIOP encourages diversity within the industry and actively promotes effective public policy as well as overall economic development that supports the health and welfare of the Commonwealth and its business community.
For more information about Mintz Levin, please visit www.mintz.com.
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