Peter L.
Curry
Real Estate
Partner
Uniondale
T: 516-227-0772
pcurry@farrellfritz.com pcurry@farrellfritz.com
About Peter
Peter L. Curry’s broadly based transactional practice concentrates on commercial real estate sales, acquisitions, leasing and development, and in the burgeoning area of economic development. Specific transactions include counseling major corporations in the fields of telecommunications, barcode technology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, food manufacture and distribution, internet content, and other technology-driven fields in the acquisition or disposal of headquarters sites, manufacturing facilities, and warehouse and distribution centers in all areas of the United States.
As one of the preeminent economic development attorneys in the New York metropolitan region, Peter has participated in Industrial Development Agency bond financings and leases for corporate headquarters, factories and distribution centers, commercial printing establishments, universities, hospitals and other civic facilities, and assisted living quarters and multifamily housing. He is also involved in obtaining grants, loans and other benefits from state and local agencies to foster corporate job growth and retention. Peter presently represents several large commercial lenders in their real estate and construction loans.
In addition to his work at Farrell Fritz, Peter is counsel to the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island (CIBS). He has frequently lectured on Continuing Legal Education course panels for the New York State Bar Association, and before various attorneys, accountants, and business panels.
Perhaps most importantly, Peter advises not-for-profit corporations and groups on all aspects of their missions, goals, and objectives.
Before joining Farrell Fritz, he chaired the real estate and financing practice group at Rivkin, Radler, & Kremer, where he served on the firm’s management committee. Prior to that, he practiced with a multinational Chinese law firm.
Peter is a proud and active Chaminade High School alum, supporting the school and its mission for many years.
Credentials
Education
- Fordham University (BA)
- Fordham University School of Law (JD)
- University of Virginia (MA)
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York
- U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York
Affiliations & Appointments
- New York State Economic Development Council
- Commercial Industrial Brokers Society (CIBS), General Counsel
- Real Estate Institute at Stony Brook University College of Business, Board of Directors
- American Bar Association, Real Property; Probate and Trust Law; Senior Housing and Assisted Living; and Purchase and Sale Committees
- Downstate New York Region of the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors, Former General Counsel
Articles & Advisories
December 2021 – A Banner Month for the Farrell Fritz Real Estate Department
December 2021 ended as one of the busiest transactional months the Real Estate Department has ever enjoyed. Real Estate attorneys…
January 18, 2022
Business Resources and Recovery
Businesses grappling with the economic impact of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis have the opportunity to apply for financial assistance through…
April 09, 2020
How to Keep an Amazon From Walking Away
There is no question that Amazon’s decision to abandon its deal for a New York City-based HQ II has dealt…
March 11, 2019
Peter Curry quoted in a Long Island Business News Article
LONG ISLAND IDAs: Mysteries Unraveled These headlines are the kind of news Long Islanders need: Best Market relocating its headquarters…
September 22, 2016
Industry Advisory: Brokers’ Liens a Potential Tool to Ensure Payment of Commissions
Surely one of the most frustrating moments in a broker’s career occurs when he successfully completes a leasing transaction, and…
October 31, 2010
IDA Benefits Fuel Job Growth and Employee Retention
IDA BENEFITS FUEL JOB GROWTH AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION Publication: New York Real Estate Journal – Long Island Sep 17, 2002…
September 17, 2002
News
Peter Curry Quoted in GlobeSt: Is Amazon Setting a Trend Toward Multi-Story Industrial?
With Amazon occupying 92% of Class A warehouse distribution properties with 3+ floors, are they setting a trend toward multi-story…
August 29, 2023
Peter Curry Quoted in Long Island Business News: $30.57M apartment project seeks IDA assist
Peter L. Curry was quoted in a recent Long Island Business News article regarding a multifamily housing project in Valley Stream, NY seeking…
August 29, 2023
Commercial Brokers Express Cautious Optimism at CIBS Event
Peter L. Curry was quoted in Long Island Business News on moderating the panel at the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island (CIBS) 2023…
February 28, 2023
CIBS-LI honors Curry and others at awards ceremony
The Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island honored its legal counsel Peter Curry and several other trade group members…
November 30, 2022
US Office On Pace to Meet 2021 Delivery Volume
Farrell Fritz partner Peter L. Curry was quoted in a GlobeSt.com piece regarding the current state of the U.S. office market. The article referenced JLL’s…
October 14, 2022
Transformative EPCAL development awaits IDA transfer
Peter L. Curry was mentioned in Long Island Business News’ article about the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency accepting an application…
September 23, 2022
Why Industrial’s Trajectory Will Keep Surging
COVID, Russian War Wreck Supply Chain Another unforeseen driver has been the disruption in global supply chains. This has forced…
March 30, 2022
Scarcity Drives Unprecedented Industrial Space Demand
Peter Curry, real estate partner, Farrell Fritz, tells GlobeSt.com that the traditional way to determine the impending end of a…
February 25, 2022
New Office Construction Commands 64% Rent Premium
Office Developers Still ‘Figuring Out’ Return-to-Office Needs Peter Curry, real estate practice partner, Farrell Fritz, tells GlobeSt.com that the planning…
February 24, 2022
Land Inventory Depleted Before Enough Homes Are Built
Peter Curry, partner, real estate practice, Farrell Fritz, Uniondale, N.Y., agrees, and tells GlobeSt.com that the announcement of a fund…
February 11, 2022
Diversified Healthcare Trust Enters Into $703M JV
Health Care Property Sector has Evolving Definition In the longer run, the sector is evolving due mainly to the aging…
February 01, 2022
Property Owners Hope for Extension of Expiring Energy-savings Incentive
Commercial real estate spaces that are utilizing solar energy, LED lighting and other energy-saving amenities should have jumped on the…
October 19, 2020
Will COVID-19 Be The Death Of Coworking Spaces?
Even after the pandemic, the market for shared office space might remain soft, brokers say. Before this crisis, employees were…
April 03, 2020
Mayor, contractors push back on state report condemning job creation numbers
Peter Curry was quoted in a ConstructionDIVE article which provided more information regarding job creation in New Jersey. Below is an…
September 18, 2019
New law requires livestreaming of IDA meetings
Peter Curry was quoted in a Long Island Business News article on August 28 regarding a new law that will…
August 29, 2019
Woodbury Trying to Force Mansion Owners to Sell
Peter Curry was quoted in the Times-Herald Record regarding eminent domain proceedings for a 210 year old mansion in Woodbury.…
August 22, 2019
$50M assisted-living project gets early OK on tax breaks
A 150-unit Bristal Assisted Living facility planned for Bethpage has received preliminary approval for tax breaks from Nassau County’s Industrial…
May 20, 2019
LGBT Network gets tax breaks to expand headquarters
With the help of Farrell Fritz partner Peter Curry and associate Nicholas Terzulli, the LGBT Network was able to secure…
April 26, 2019
Luxury corridors lose big brands as online labels open edgy shops
While the high-wattage opening of Hudson Yards’ shops and restaurants in March reinvigorated the retail landscape, lease signings for major…
April 17, 2019
IDA helping Plainview factory expansion
Peter L. Curry, partner, is quoted in this article. Supreme Screw Products Inc., a manufacturer of precision-machined components, plans a $4.7…
September 12, 2018
IDA approves tax breaks for Islanders’ $10 million Coliseum upgrade plan
Peter L. Curry, partner, is quoted in this article. The Nassau County Industrial Development Agency voted to approve tax breaks…
September 11, 2018
CoreNet Long Island Leadership Profiles, Peter Curry, Second Vice President
Click here for a link to the New York Real Estate Journal’s website where Peter Curry’s profile is featured. Peter…
January 27, 2011
Changing Spaces: Conversions Help Brokers Move Stagnant Commercial Real Estate
November 19, 2010
Farrell Fritz Partner, Peter L. Curry, Represents Marchon in Leasing 76,000 Square Foot Global Headquarters
In one of the largest office leasing deals so far this year, Marchon Eyewear has taken 76,000 square feet at…
September 21, 2010
The Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of LI Names Peter Curry as its Counsel
May 01, 2009
NYLJ: Farrell Fritz Attorneys Represent Engel Burman in Acquisition of Doubleday Campus
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LIBN: Farrell Fritz Closes New Chapter for Engel Burman
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Farrell Fritz Attorneys Appointed to Several Boards
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — According to Farrell Fritz, P.C. Ilene Cooper, a partner in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group, has…
June 15, 2004
Press Releases
Peter L. Curry Inducted into the Long Island Business News 2023 Hall of Fame
We proudly congratulate Peter L. Curry on his inclusion to the Long Island Business News 2023 Hall of Fame. Peter is a member…
November 10, 2023
23 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 23 attorneys selected to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 26, 2023
29 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2024 Leading Lawyers by Best Lawyers
Farrell Fritz congratulates 19 attorneys on being selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024.…
August 18, 2023
22 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 22 attorneys selected to the 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 29, 2022
21 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Leading Lawyers by Best Lawyers
Farrell Fritz congratulates 17 attorneys on being selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023.…
August 18, 2022
27 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 27 attorneys selected to the 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 30, 2021
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 30 attorneys selected to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
November 04, 2020
29 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2019 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz has a combined total of 29 attorneys selected to the 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 17, 2019
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Leading Lawyers in Their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz had a combined total of 30 attorneys selected to the 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 13, 2018
31 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2017 Leading Lawyers in their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz had a combined total of 31 attorneys selected to the 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 20, 2017
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2016 Leading Lawyers in their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz had a combined total of 30 attorneys selected to the 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New…
September 21, 2016
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2015 Leading Lawyers in their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz had a combined total of 30 attorneys selected to the 2015 New York Super Lawyers and New York…
September 16, 2015
30 Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as 2014 Leading Lawyers in their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz had a combined total of 30 attorneys named to the 2014 New York Super Lawyers and New York…
September 23, 2014
Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc. (SNAP) to Honor Peter L. Curry with Fred Meyer’s Community Partners Award
Farrell Fritz warmly congratulates our partner, Peter L. Curry, who will receive SNAP’s Fred Meyer’s Community Partners Award at a…
June 02, 2014
Farrell Fritz Attorneys Recognized as Leading Lawyers in their Respective Areas of Practice
Farrell Fritz congratulates ten partners and one counsel on being selected for the 2012 New York Super Lawyers – Metro…
October 11, 2012
Farrell Fritz Partners Named to the New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Farrell Fritz congratulates seven partners on being selected for inclusion on the New York Super Lawyers 2011 – Metro Edition…
October 27, 2011
Farrell Fritz Real Estate Deals Awarded at LIBN Real Estate and Development Awards
On Thursday, April 28, 2011, Long Island Business News held their annual Real Estate and Development Awards. The real estate…
May 11, 2011
Farrell Fritz Participates in New Long Island Real Estate Group “LIREG@Work” Program
October 15, 2009
Peter L. Curry to Receive Lawyers Alliance for New York Cornerstone Award for Pro Bono Legal Services to Nonprofits
Peter L. Curry is being honored for his efforts assisting Services Now for Adult Persons (SNAP), a not-for-profit agency dedicated…
October 15, 2009
Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island Appoints Farrell Fritz Partner Peter Curry as Counsel
April 08, 2009
Farrell Fritz Closes Purchase of Garden City Landmark for The Engel Burman Group
May 28, 2008
Farrell Fritz Represents Manufacturers in Significant Real Estate Acquisitions
August 16, 2006
Farrell Fritz Represents Kiss Nail Products and Affiliates in Purchase of 57 Seaview Boulevard, Port
November 04, 2004
Cooper, Curry And Forrest Appointed to Several Boards
Ilene S. Cooper Appointed to the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association and as Secretary of…
May 18, 2004
Elm Global Logistics Signs Largest Lease on Long Island this Year
– ELM Global Logistics has signed the largest industrial/warehouse lease on Long Island this year, a 15 year transaction for…
September 25, 2003
Pro Bono
Helping a Social Services Agency Sell Real Estate
The Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1976. Its assists and empowers victims of…
July 26, 2011
MovINNg Along: Buying & Selling Buildings, Revising Certificates of Incorporation
The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) is a not-for-profit corporation that provides food, shelter, and support services to the hungry and…
July 26, 2011
Interfaith Nutrition Network: Serving the Hungry & Homeless
The Interfaith Nutrition Network (“The INN”) is a not-for-profit organization that addresses the issues of hunger and homelessness on Long…
January 01, 2010
Ursuline Bedford Park Convent Corporation
Farrell Fritz represented the Ursuline Bedford Park Convent Corporation in its inventive re-use of its North Bronx convent grounds located…
January 01, 2010
Recognition
AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell
Peer Review Rating
Super Lawyers
New York Metro (Real Estate) 2011–Present
The Best Lawyers in America
Economic Development Law 2023
Long Island Business News
Who’s Who in Commercial/Residential Real Estate Law, 2009 and Who’s Who in Real Estate Law, 2006
Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island
Associate Member of the Year 2011
Long Island Business News
2023 Hall of Fame
Community Work
Peter is the past president of the Interfaith Nutrition Network’s (“The INN’s”) board of directors and continues to serve on the board. He has served as an honorary dinner chair for the organization’s INNkeepers Ball. He has also participated on the advisory board for the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island and served on committees for various other charitable and educational institutions.
Peter is a former board member of the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, Friends Assisting Nassau Seniors (FANS), and CoreNet Global—Long Island Chapter.