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Thomas S. Dolan, Esq.
OUR CLIENTS
MSW represents a wide range of clients, including institutional investors, family offices, landlords and tenants, and other owners of real property. MSW’s property tax attorneys work closely with property owners to identify strategies to potentially reduce their property tax burden, and have successfully litigated the value of all property classes, including office complexes, retail stores, shopping centers, apartment buildings, industrial facilities, hotels, and unique single purpose properties. MSW also represents developers in negotiating tax incentive programs such as PILOTs and tax abatements, as well as non-profit entities in property tax exemptions.
OUR ADVANTAGE
MSW was founded to provide effective, efficient,
and creative legal and advisory services to meet the distinctive needs of our clients. As a law firm focused solely on commercial real estate matters, our clients
AT A GLANCE...
HEADQUARTERS: 24 Commerce St., 12th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 YEAR FOUNDED: 2017
NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS INVOLVED IN PROPERTY TAX APPEALS IN
NEW JERSEY: The MSW Property Tax practice group includes 4 attorneys, led by Thomas S. Dolan, Esq.
OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP (MSW) is a boutique law firm specializing in commercial real estate, with robust transactional, corporate, finance, land use, and litigation expertise. The firm’s attorneys regularly represent businesses, investors, and lenders in complex real estate
and commercial transactions, banking and financing matters, and
real estate litigation. The firm’s attorneys also routinely represent clients in connection with the procurement of planning, zoning, and other development approvals, and help clients identify, negotiate, and secure real estate and economic development incentives, such as tax credits, tax abatements and exemptions, and other forms of non-dilutive financing.
rely on the firm’s multidisciplinary approach in solving complex legal issues. Our attorneys have broad private- and public-sector experience, coming from top national law firms and high-level governmental positions. Through the development of individualized, client- focused strategies, our team works tirelessly to create a blueprint for success and advance our clients’ interests in every matter.
ON THE HORIZON
As property values have steadily risen over the past several years, municipalities have been aggressively
filing reverse tax appeals to increase assessments. MSW continues to assist taxpayers in defending against
these appeals, which have become common in certain municipalities. For 2021, the COVD-19 crisis will likely adversely impact property values, as rental streams have decreased, and vacancy rates have increased for income- producing properties. MSW anticipates significant opportunities to lower tax burdens heading into the new year.
TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT
MSW recently represented a Newark-based public research university in securing a much-needed property tax exemption for multiple parcels it had purchased
as part of an important campus expansion. MSW
also recently secured a twenty-five-year PILOT for
the development of a 72-unit multifamily apartment building in Newark.
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