Lauren I. Boro Partner (510) 251-7193 lboro@donahue.com Download vCard LinkedIn
Lauren I. Boro
Lauren is a commercial real estate lawyer with over 30 years of practice representing builders, developers, investors, landlords, and tenants. Lauren has served as general counsel for a prominent multi-family developer, the Northern California division of a publicly traded homebuilder, and a real estate investment fund. These in-house roles, combined with her years of large law firm practice, influence Lauren’s disciplined, yet business-minded and practical approach to solving problems.
Lauren handles a broad range of real estate transactions, including the purchase and sale of improved and unimproved real property, commercial leasing, the formation and structuring of joint venture relationships, ground leases, construction contracts, and secured lending.
Representative transactions include:
- Represented assemblage of landowners in connection with the sale/ground lease option for a biotech redevelopment project in South San Francisco
- Represented a hotel owner in connection with the negotiation of a ground lease for a multi-family redevelopment project on the Peninsula
- Represent a multi-unit grocery store operator on a build-to-suit-leasing and other real estate requirements
- Represented a developer in the negotiation of a $50 million construction loan for a mixed-use hotel project in Oakland
- Represented publicly-traded homebuilder in the acquisition of over 2000 lots and condominium units in more than 20 communities
Professional & Community Affiliations
- Former Chair and Current Committee Member, ULI, Urban Plan
- President of the Board of Directors, HIP Housing
- Former Board Member and Chair, Hillsborough Schools Foundation
- Former Board Member, Pied Piper Players
- Former Board Member, Page Mill YMCA