Northland Investment Corp. promotes Kinsley to general counsel

Newton, MA Northland Investment Corp., one of the top multifamily owner and operators in the U.S., has named Beth Kinsley as their new general counsel. In this role, Kinsley will continue to apply her extensive transactional experience as she assumes oversight of all of the company’s legal matters. Her promotion follows the appointment of previous general counsel Suzanne Abair to COO.

For the past eight years, Kinsley has served as Northland’s assistant general counsel, maintaining primary responsibility for all legal aspects of the firm’s acquisitions, dispositions, financings and developments. During this time, she has been an integral member of Northland’s senior management team, and has successfully overseen the closing of 118 transactions.

“Beth has been an invaluable member of our team for nearly a decade.  I look forward to her leadership as General Counsel,” said Suzanne Abair, Northland COO.

Prior to joining the Northland team as Assistant General Counsel, Beth served as Senior Counsel in the Real Estate Department at Goodwin Procter LLP, where she represented a variety of real estate operators in areas related to acquisition and disposition. She also represented institutional lenders, investors and borrowers in connection with construction, permanent and mezzanine loan and equity joint venture transactions. Before working at Goodwin Procter, Beth was an associate at Mintz Levin and Palmer & Dodge in Boston. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Colby College, cum laude, and her Juris Doctor from The Dickinson School of Law, cum laude. Beth lives in Scituate with her husband John, and their three children.

Northland Investment Corporation is a privately held real estate investment company with $3.5 billion in assets under management. Based in Newton, Massachusetts, Northland owns 90 properties in eight states, totaling more than 23,000 apartment homes and two million square feet of commercial space. Northland manages six real estate investment funds, maximizing risk-adjusted returns through value-added acquisition, development, asset management and property management strategies.