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City Wins Real Estate Tax Appeal

NEWTON, MA-The Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board denies Lasell Village's claim that its facility, a retirement community that was developed by Lasell College, is exempt from local property taxes.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on December 12, 2003

NEWTON, MA-In its decision regarding the case of Lasell Village v. Board of Assessors of the City of Newton, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board denied Lasell Village’s claim that its facility, a retirement community that was developed by Lasell College, is exempt from local property taxes.

“It is anticipated that the Tax Board’s decision will serve as a guideline for the taxation of similar facilities that are being planned in Massachusetts and throughout the country,” says attorney John M. Lynch. Lynch and Stephen W. DeCourcey of the Boston law firm of Lynch, DeSimone & Nylen LLP, represented the Newton Board of Assessors.

The appeal, filed by Lasell Village for fiscal year 2002, was tried before the Appellate Tax Board in June 2003. Lasell Village consists of a 162-unit independent living facility and 44-bed skilled nursing facility located in the Auburndale section of the city, adjacent to the Lasell College campus. Based on its stated mission of educating the elderly, Lasell Village stated that it qualified as a charitable institution dedicated to an educational purpose.

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