Professional Spotlight

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.

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants

EPIC is a unique and innovative retail risk management and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm, founded in San Francisco, California in 2007 with offices and leadership across the country. EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has a depth of industry expertise across key lines of insurance, including risk management, property and casualty, employee benefits, unique specialty program insurance and private client services.

USI Insurance Services

USI truly serves the risk management needs of the broadest spectrum of real estate clients including Office, Industrial, Manufacturing, Retail, Multifamily and Condominiums. We specialize in geographically diverse portfolios, especially in Catastrophe-prone areas of the country. USI has invested heavily into Catastrophe modeling tools, providing an advantage to our clients in the form of reduced premiums, more creative program design and broader coverage.

William H. Connolly

Our clients choose William H. Connolly over the competition because we prioritize integrity and customer service above all else, and we provide the best insurance products at competitive prices, as well as a host of truly valuable claims and risk management services at no additional cost. We have been providing these services for nearly seventy years. We regard each of our clients as unique and serve them with utmost attention and professionalism, and we take great pride in the longstanding relationships we have with them.

Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects

In January of 2020, Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects (MHS Architects), a premier architectural, planning and design firm specializing in residential and mixed-use multifamily developments, was named 2019’s “Firm of the Year” — a highly esteemed award given by the American Institute of Architects-New Jersey Chapter (AIA-NJ). The honor distinguishes MHS Architects as an exceptional architectural firm and recognizes its impressive success and significant expansion over the past year. In 2021, MHS Architects celebrates a solid 40 years of continued business. The entire team of architects, planners and designers has continuously shown exemplary efforts to serve developers with unwavering dedication and commitment to both design and community building. The creativity and tireless work ethic has MHS Architects well positioned for continued growth in the years to come to better serve clients and communities.

DMR Architects

River Park Town Center, Building 1, Hanover, NJ ­777 Terrace Avenue, Suite 607 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 www.dmrarchitects.com AT A GLANCE Year founded: 1991 Number of architects or design professionals involved in commercial real estate in New Jersey: 26 Areas…