Real Estate & Commercial Development

Our team of planners have extensive experience guiding projects through the Boston Planning & Development Agency's (BPDA's) Article 80 review process. We are adept at developing permitting strategies, conducting environmental analyses, and preparing the documents needed for Article 80 review. Our team of planners work closely with BPDA staff and have an excellent working relationship with the appropriate staff. We are knowledgeable about the Agency’s implicit and explicit rules and regulations enabling us to guide clients through the permitting process efficiently.

Epsilon’s Principals and Project Managers have practiced extensively throughout Massachusetts and have brought projects of all types through the MEPA process. Our reputation as the go-to firm for MEPA work is based on a long track record of careful and diligent work, understanding of the process and its nuances, and an honest assessment of impacts, and workable solutions for mitigation.

Our extensive MEPA experience helps us to strongly advocate for our clients’ objectives while still meeting MEPA requirements so as to ensure a smooth and timely overall review process.

Licensing and permitting of coastal projects is a complicated process due to the number of permits and approvals required, one of which being Chapter 91. It is the Commonwealth’s primary tool for the protection and promotion of public use of its tidelands and other waterways. Epsilon has a talented team of coastal and wetland scientists, planners, and GIS specialists who have extensive and specialized experience successfully navigating these challenging and complex coastal regulatory permitting processes for both water-dependent and non-water-dependent projects.