Eric R. Allon

Overview

Eric Allon’s principal practice areas are real estate law and business law, with particular emphasis on commercial leasing, the acquisition, management and sale of properties, financing transactions, commercial loan workouts and residential and commercial development. His clients include commercial landlords, tenants of retail and office space, hotel and restaurant operators, fiduciaries, brokers, and lawyers. Eric’s clients often credit Eric’s responsiveness and business acumen with maximizing their business opportunities and minimizing their financial and legal risks.

Recently, Eric has been representing landlords and tenants on rent relief matters, including negotiations concerning rent abatement, rent forbearance and force majeure related to the pandemic.

Representative Matters & Significant Transactions

• Representation of Clarks Americas, Inc. in a lease transaction for its new Americas headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts
• Representation of Welch Foods, Inc., A Cooperative in lease transaction for its world headquarters in Concord, Massachusetts
• Representation of Fireman Capital Partners LLC and The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation in lease transactions for their offices at Watermill Center, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Representation of sellers for $100 million dollar multiple hotel sale and associated 1031 acquisitions of several properties
• Representation of borrowers for $79 million dollar ten-year, fixed-rate mortgages on 8 hotel properties in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
• Representation of companies and individuals in the purchase, development, management, financing and sale of commercial properties and businesses, including hotels, restaurants, bars, office buildings and retail properties
• Representation of landlords and tenants in complex lease transactions, including mixed-use properties, warehouse facilities, office buildings, strip malls, including drafting master leases for landlords and tenants

Memberships & Activities

• Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Member
• AIPAC, Member in Real Estate Division

Honors & Recognition

• Named 2020 Influencer in Net Lease, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum
• AV Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Highest Rating for Legal Ability and Ethical Standards for Seventeen Years
• Selected for Inclusion in Massachusetts & New England Super Lawyers, 2006-2020
• Selected for Inclusion in 2009, 2010 National Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers
• Named as one of The 5 Best Real Estate Lawyers in Boston, Investopedia

Lectures & Seminars

• Breaking Ground Podcast, Sidebar with Rachel Baime, Esq.: An Interview with an Exceptional Leasing Attorney
• Breaking Ground Podcast, Creating Neighborhoods, with Jesse Baerkahn of Graffito SP
• Speaker, The Intersection of Tech and Real Estate and the Chase for Talent, CoreNet Global North American Summit, 2018
• Moderator, Innovations in Design and Construction and the Importance of Connectivity, Bernkopf Goodman Breakfast Series, 2018
• Panelist on REFA Fundamentals: The Essentials of Commercial Purchase & Sale Agreements in 2018
• Keynote Speaker for Northeastern University Real Estate Club Alumni Event Real Estate, Technology and the Chase for Talent in 2018
• Moderator for Boston Bisnow The Future is Now. New Tech from the Ground Up and Inside in 2018
• Moderator for New England – Israel Business Council Disruptors in the Office Market: Risk and Opportunities in 2017
• Moderator for Bisnow State of the Market Leasing Panel in 2017
• Panelist on Current Trends for Landlords and Commercial Leasing Traps for the Unwary in 2014
• 2014 Commercial Broker Association Panelist to commercial real estate brokers: Commission Agreements and Other Ways to Protect Yourself, Tenant Representation, Commission Agreements, Broker Liability
• Presentation at Risk Management Conference Reducing Risks in Landlord/Tenant Relationship
• Presentation to brokers on new trends in leasing and Rent in Lieu of Commission provisions
• Panelist on Real Estate Ethics for the Commercial Brokers Association
• Presentation to NAIOP on Real Estate Law and The Ever Changing Commercial Landscape

Articles

• Author of 2017 article in Today’s General Counsel Magazine, General Counsel and the Headquarters Lease
• Author of 2016 article in Banker & Tradesman, Massive Development Proposals Never A Slam Dunk
• Co-author of article 2014 in Banker & Tradesman, Capitalizing on New Maintenance and Expense Regulations in Real Estate
• Co-author of article 2012 article in New England Real Estate Journal, Changing Landscape of Commercial Litigation
• Co-author of 2011 article, Do Landlord’s Guaranty Payment of Tenant-Contracted Improvements?

News, Events & Publications