Kenneth MacKenzie is a partner specializing in Commercial Real Estate, with a focus on Hospitality and Recreation. He represents lenders, developers, tenants, management companies, and pension and opportunity funds in all aspects of real estate transactional matters. Before joining Dalton & Finegold, he spent 25 years as a member of two of Boston’s largest law firms, most recently as a partner and co-leader of the Goulston & Storrs Hospitality and Recreation Group. Kenneth is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, part of the Hospitality Industry Advisory Board for New England Real Estate Journal and has been a guest lecturer at the Boston University School of Hospitality Administration. He recently served as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer for Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, the community service agency for the Merrimack Valley. He was named a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” and was awarded the “AV” rating by Martindale. Kenneth is an alumnus of Phillips Andover Academy and Dartmouth College. He received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where he was a Note and Case Editor for the Boston University Law Review and a recipient of the William L. and Lillian Berger Prize for academic excellence. He is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Notable Successes

• Represented Saunders Hotel Group and the Noannet Group regarding construction financing, hotel management agreement, and air rights purchase for Raffles Boston Hotel.
• Represented United States GSA in lease of Old Post Office in Washington, DC for Trump International Hotel
• Represent CIC (f/k/a Cambridge Innovation Center) with regard to leasing and financing of innovation centers nationwide
• Represented Saunders Hotel Group in purchase of Boston Common Hotel at 40 Trinity Place, Boston
• Purchase of Back Bay Hotel, Boston
• Financing of Lenox Hotel, Back Bay, Boston
• Sale of the historic Sagamore Resort at Lake George, New York
• Sale of the Westin Boston Waterfront Convention Center Hotel
• Sale of Doubletree Hotel, Soldiers Field Road, Boston
• Joint venture and construction financing for development of Stowe Mountain Lodge Hotel Condominiums and Spa, Mount Mansfield, Vermont
• Purchase of Chatham Bars Inn
• Purchase of Inn and Conference Center for University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Represent Investra Investments in acquisition of hotels throughout the U.S.

Dalton and Finegold LLP

At Dalton & Finegold, our expert attorneys and staff collaborate closely with clients to understand their objectives and determine how to best achieve their goals. Our personalized and expert service is the product of our team’s readiness to add value at every opportunity.

After working in Boston for several years, they established Dalton & Finegold, LLP in 2000. The firm originally focused solely on Residential Real Estate. Over its first decade, the firm represented lenders, buyers and sellers in hundreds of transactions across Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Meanwhile, the firm’s affiliate Gold Title, P.C. has grown to handle transactions in all 50 states. Dalton & Finegold’s clients represent a wide range of individuals, families and industries, including, technology, life science, restaurants, retail, hotels and professional services firms.