As a full service law firm for national corporations, developers and investors handling development, redevelopment, construction, borrowing, leasing and management of large multifaceted projects, we integrate our redevelopment, land use, transactional and environmental experience to provide cost-effective services. We are tuned in to the economics of every project and clients’ business goals as well as the legislative and political landscape impacting the real estate community. Clients benefit from our track record of success working with governmental and regulatory agencies to obtain the incentives necessary to complete complex transactions and create beneficial public-private partnerships.
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Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP
Riker Danzig’s commercial real estate lawyers serve as counsel to, and understand the varying needs of, a wide variety of clients, from publicly traded companies to international lending institutions to midsized developers to community banks, in sophisticated leasing (office, retail, warehouse and tech start-up), acquisitions, loans, construction contracts and all aspects of development projects.
Brach Eichler LLC
Brach Eichler LLC serves professional real estate investors, operators and developers as well as real estate lenders. Our personal experience and deep understanding of the issues that drive real estate transactions allow us to render advice that is legally sound and practical and, importantly, consistently achieves our clients’ business objectives.
Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper PC
Lindabury’s Commercial Real Estate practice is comprised of attorneys from many disciplines, which allows us to represent a broad spectrum of clients in the industry. We represent developers of projects for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial use including both residential and office condominiums as well as other high-density developments. Of particular interest to many of our developer clients is our firm’s experience in the efficient procurement of development-related permits and approvals at all government levels including zoning and planning boards, regional authorities and approvals pertaining to wetlands, brownfields and other environmentally sensitive sites.
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla PC
At Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla PC, we start representing our clients from the moment the project is envisioned, and guide them through every step — including acquisitions, entitlements, sale/leasing and property management — until completion. We are recognized for finding creative solutions to complex real estate issues. Our Real Estate, Redevelopment and Planned Real Estate Development Practice Area, with its significant experience and expertise, is immersed in the entire spectrum of the process.
Day Pitney LLP
Day Pitney’s real estate group represents a wide variety of real estate clients, given its breadth and experience in real estate. Those clients include local and national developers, private and public institutional real estate investors, Fortune 500 companies on their corporate real estate, national commercial chains and market, inclusionary and affordable apartment developers. This wide array of clients is not only due to Day Pitney’s breadth of real estate expertise, but also because Day Pitney’s attorneys are thought leaders in real estate, given their involvement in trade associations and leadership in State and local bar associations.
Cole Schotz PC
As it has through past economic cycles, Cole Schotz has continued to pivot as the real estate market and businesses respond to COVID-19. Our real estate team leverages a deep bench of experience, including our corporate, environmental, special opportunities, litigation and bankruptcy teams, with a wealth of experience providing advice on real estate matters. We have been helping our clients adapt to a rapidly changing market.
Gibbons PC
Gibbons offers multidisciplinary services statewide, from Bergen to Atlantic counties and all points between, addressing all aspects of real estate development deals. This wide-ranging practice is the result of the distinct contributions of our exceptional attorneys — including newest team member Bisola Taiwo, most recently Assistant Director/Chief of Staff for Newark’s Department of Economic and Housing Development, where she structured deal terms for redevelopment projects worth billions of dollars.
Peter G. Aziz & Associates LLC
In addition to our office being well-versed in Residential and Real Estate transactions, I have extensive experience with Real Estate Litigation. I have litigated hundreds of specific performance and breach of contract matters, a number of which proceeded to trial. This allows me to foresee potential issues that can be prevented by strategically negotiating the contract of sale or lease.
Reverse appeals can lead to unexpected property tax liabilities for commercial property owners
As the real estate market remains strong, and property values continue to rise across many asset classes, commercial property owners need to be aware of the growing trend with municipalities aggressively seeking to substantially increase tax assessments for commercial properties by filing their own tax appeals.
