Frank De Vito focuses his practice on real estate development, finance, and leasing. Mr. De Vito represents lenders, borrowers, developers, landlords and tenants in commercial real estate projects. He counsels clients in senior and mezzanine financings, acquisitions and dispositions, sale-leasebacks, and land use and permitting matters.

In 2006 and 2007, Mr. De Vito was named a Massachusetts "Rising Star" in commercial real estate in a research project conducted jointly by Boston and Law & Politics magazines.

Mr. De Vito is the author of "Documenting Complicated Commercial Real Estate Transactions," a chapter in Drafting Commercial Real Estate Documents published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. He is also the co-author of "Are Lease Bonds the Answer to Rising Security Deposits?," an article appearing in the Boston Business Journal.

Mr. De Vito is currently Co-Chair of the Real Estate Finance Committee of the Boston Bar Association's Real Estate Section and he is an active member of the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He has served as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Newton and a member of the Master Plan Steering Committee of the Town of Canton.

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