AT A GLANCE
105 Eisenhower Parkway
Roseland, NJ 07068
OUR EXPERTISE
- Acquisitions
- Dispositions
- Financing
- Loan workouts
- Commercial leasing
- Development/redevelopment
- Land use/zoning
- PILOTs/incentives
- Affordable housing
- Condemnation
- Real estate litigation and dispute resolution
- Joint ventures and equity raising
- Construction
- Property management
- Condominiums
- Renewable energy
- Hospitality
- Liquor licensing
Francis J. Giantomasi
Mitchell S. Berkey
Lisa A. John-Basta
Thomas J. Trautner Jr.
Jennifer M. Porter
John R. Lloyd
Gemma M. Giantomasi
Leadership of CSG Law’s Real Estate, Real Property Taxation and Incentives and Redevelopment, Land Use and Zoning Groups are pictured.
OUR CLIENTS
The CSG Law Real Estate Group’s industry-leading clients include a wide spectrum of private- and public-sector owners, developers, investors, lenders and users of all real estate asset types. From international publicly held investor/owners, to prominent national, regional and local owners, developers and lenders, to streaming giants and film studios and Fortune 100 users of real estate, our private-sector clients seek CSG Law’s strategic counsel to navigate their complex and often high-profile projects and transactions both in New Jersey and markets throughout the country.
Our public-sector clients — including energy and utilities providers, municipalities and other governmental entities — appreciate our experience at the intersection of the public and private sectors and look to CSG Law to help achieve their unique goals and objectives.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
CSG Law’s track record leading our clients through complex and noteworthy projects and transactions has led us to earn numerous accolades as a group, including being named Dealmakers of the Year by the New Jersey Law Journal and a Regional Powerhouse by Law360, and multiple individual honors including recognition in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, The National Law Journal, NJBIZ and ROI-NJ, to name a few. The CSG Law significant projects that have helped shape the real estate landscape in New Jersey and beyond include:
- Representation of Netflix, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Lionsgate and Matrix on major Garden State entertainment production facilities.
- The multibillion-dollar ground leasing and modernization of terminals and distribution facilities at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.
- The $336 million, 12-acre, mixed-use campus redevelopment by New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey.
- The $113 million acquisition of a major 11-story multifamily asset with ground-floor retail and indoor parking in Chicago, Illinois.
- Serving as acquisition and disposition counsel, lender and borrower counsel and landlord and tenant leasing counsel on acquisitions, sales, debt facilities and lease transactions in markets throughout the United States.
ONE MORE THING
CSG Law’s Real Estate Group prides itself on adding value for our clients. First, we focus on understanding each client’s business approach and goals to become the best possible team member — working shoulder to shoulder with our clients to appreciate and achieve their goals. Second, we capitalize on our uncommon depth and wealth of knowledge forged over decades in the real estate trenches on developments and transactions through multiple cycles involving all asset classes. Third, we judiciously leverage the deep-rooted relationships and trust earned over 50 years to navigate the mercurial intersection of the public and private sectors. This multifaceted, value-add approach has established CSG Law as the premier go-to, one-stop shop for impactful and cost-effective real estate solutions locally, regionally and nationally.
