Ensuring a smooth transition has been a top priority for Tom Trautner and Tony Ianuale in their final months as co-chairs of the Urban Land Institute’s Northern New Jersey chapter. Fortunately, that has meant continuing what they’ve done for more than four years — engaging members through networking events and thought-provoking panel discussions.
Sprucing it up
New Jersey is largely built out, at least as far as the best locations are concerned, meaning redevelopment is often the only option. That’s driving a series of new investments by shopping center owners that have secured new deals with supermarkets and other big-box tenants. Those landlords are now renovating their assets in conjunction with the new anchor leases, which figures to help attract new retailers to those properties.
A focused expansion: Scarinci Hollenbeck says it’s now a one-stop shop for real estate — with clear growth potential
It’s one thing to become the proverbial one-stop shop, as Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC has sought to do with a series of recent additions to its real estate department. But the Little Falls-based law firm has also keyed on what it sees as important growth areas in the space. That strategy is now taking shape at Scarinci, whose long-established real estate team has grown to 15 full-time attorneys from nine last summer, adding new expertise in everything from affordable housing and litigation to foreclosures and landlord-tenant disputes in the wake of the pandemic.
