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45 William Street
Suite 120
Wellesley, MA 02481-4004
Boston

• Brownfields - Land Use
• Environmental Due Diligence
• Historical and Archeological Resources
• Land Use and Natural Resources
• Real Estate
• Takings Law - Land Use
• Water Supply and Quality - Land Use
• Land Use

• Salve Regina College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981)
• Suffolk University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1984)

• Massachusetts (1985)
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (1985)
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association, Co-chair of Real Estate Section, Title and Conveyancing Committee (June, 2007-June, 2009)
• Women's Bar Association
• New England Women in Real Estate (NEWIRE)
• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
• Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Eliason is Of Counsel in the Massachusetts office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.  Her practice primarily focuses on real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, rentals and financings of real property.  In this capacity, she provides counsel relative to residential, industrial, commercial and retail projects.

Specifically, Ms. Eliason advises clients regarding: (1) site control, acquisition and development; (2) title issues; (3) financing and loan documentation; (4) site development documentation, including utilities, deed restrictions and ownership organization; (5) lot sales; (6) affordable housing projects, including advice regarding regulatory agreements, deeds, deed riders, monitoring services agreements, affordable housing restrictions and rental agreements; (7) chapter land acquisitions (MGL 61, 61A, 61B); and (8) negotiation and drafting of all forms of leases, including ground, residential, industrial, retail and commercial. 

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Eliason was a principal with a Massachusetts law firm and held several positions in state and local government.  She has advised clients relative to the acquisition, disposition and management of their real property and was responsible for numerous, complex transactions throughout the Commonwealth.  

As an attorney for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ms. Eliason advised state agencies on real property and construction projects and served as lead counsel responsible for the acquisitions of new campuses for higher education institutions.

Ms. Eliason began her career as a Law Clerk for the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Ms. Eliason’s experience includes the following representative transactions:

• $19,000,000.00 public/private purchase of 360 acres of land, funded through public and private contributions.

• $11,500,000.00 purchase of real and personal assets of private water company with assets in two states.

• $4,700,000.00 multi-party purchase of conservation restriction encumbering 247 acres of land.

• Contested purchase of 125 acres of land under agreement with large national developer, pursuant to option created by G.L.c. 61A. 

• Purchase of 9 units of affordable rental housing by municipal housing authority.

• Sale of land and abandoned mill buildings for residential redevelopment to anchor downtown revitalization plan.

• Sale of land and abandoned building for development of residential market rate and affordable units, involving public and private funding.