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Susan A. Manchester - Manchester, NH

1000 Elm Street17th Floor Manchester, NH 03101

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Updated: 05/13/2025

Manchester Zoning, Planning & Land Use Lawyer

Overview

Sue conducts an active commercial real estate and lending practice. She represents developers before land use bodies and analyzes complex title issues from a technical, as well as practical, viewpoint. She has specialized knowledge in condominium law. In addition, she represents regional and national commercial lenders.

About Susan A. Manchester

Practice Areas

  • Zoning, Planning & Land Use
  • Condominiums
  • Workouts Foreclosures & Loan Purchases
  • Corporate
  • Development & Construction

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Shareholder

Representative Clients

  • Represent landlord in various build to suit facilities at Pease International Trade port.
  • Represent developer of hotel to be constructed in historic mill yard district in Manchester, NH.
  • Represent developer of 132 affordable housing units in Lunenburg, MA.
  • Represent developer of 28 units of affordable housing in Amherst, NH.
  • Represent developer of 78 units of affordable housing in Londonerry, NH.
  • Represent NH lender in $20 million mixed use construction loan in Manchester, NH.
  • Represent developers of Lake Sunapee ski resort in lease negotiations with the state of NH.
  • Represent developer of 33 units of affordable housing in Londonderry, NH.

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • New Hampshire, 1980
  • U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1980

Other Affiliations

  • New Hampshire Bar Association
  • New York Bar Association
  • State of New Hampshire Federal Bar
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
    J.D.
  • Brown University
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Pro Bono Activities

  • Community Impact Committee for Manchester/Derry/Salem Granite United Way
  • New Hampshire Bar Foundation, Board Member
  • Former Chair of Trustees, Christian Education Clerk and Church School Superintendent for Amherst Congregational Church
  • Manchester Rotary Club, President and Board Member
  • Immediate Past Chair and Current Member of the Board of Directors, NH Association for the Blind
  • Amherst Land Trust, Former Board Member

Classes and Seminars

  • Periodic speaker at CLE’s conducted by title insurance companies

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Susan A. Manchester

Included on the 2025 New England Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2024 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2023 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2018 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2017 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2016 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2015 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2014 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2013 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2012 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2011 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2010 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2009 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2008 New England Super Lawyers list
  • 2007 New England Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Susan A. Manchester on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2004 - Present
  • Best Lawyers in America® 2016 and 2013 Manchester Lawyer of the Year, Real Estate
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law
  • 2023 David P. Goodwin Outstanding Neighbor Award, NeighborWorks Southern NH
  • 2020 Visionary Award, 2020 VisionQuest
  • 2017 Good Samaritan Award, Pastoral Counseling Services
  • 2016 David P. Goodwin - Good Neighbor Award
  • 2014 Hope Award, Granite Pathways
  • 2011 Sheehan Phinney Kimon S. Zachos Pro Bono Achievement Award
  • Chambers USA, Real Estate; Land Use
  • New England Super Lawyer®, Real Estate Law
  • 2008 YWCA's Susan B. Anthony Award

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Office Information

Address

1000 Elm Street17th Floor Manchester, NH 03101

Fax

  • 603-627-8121

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