Harold R. Davis Speaks at NAIOP Government Affairs Roundup

October 11, 2012 - Boston, MA
For more information contact: Joanne Thorud
(617) 589-3894; jthorud@davismalm.com

On October 11, Davis Malm founding partner Harold R. Davis spoke at the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) Government Affairs Roundup. The annual program provided an update on the Department of Environmental Protection’s regulatory reform efforts and discussed recent regulatory and legislative changes, including the Permit Extension Act extension and important new infrastructure financing tools. Mr. Davis focused his presentation on using the new local infrastructure development program, which provides municipalities with a local option to approve tax-exempt “special assessment financing” of public infrastructure needed to support private development or to upgrade existing public works facilities. This new financing option results from the newly enacted Chapter 23L of Massachusetts General Laws, which Mr. Davis and his Davis Malm colleague, William F. Griffin, Jr., were instrumental in drafting.

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, is the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial and mixed-use real estate. The organization advocates for the commercial real estate industry in Massachusetts by suggesting innovative approaches to simplify the regulatory process, promote privatization of select governmental functions, and improve the overall economic competitiveness of the Commonwealth.

Mr. Davis is Of Counsel at Davis Malm and President of New England Economic Development, Corp. He has over 30 years of experience in the area of government-assisted financing and has served as bond, agency, underwriter’s, trustee’s, borrower’s, credit enhancer’s, and purchaser’s counsel in hundreds of tax-exempt bond financings. Questions regarding this program should be directed to Mr. Davis at New England Economic Development at (508) 476-3900(508) 476-3900 or Hal Davis.

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