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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR TARGET CLIENT BASE?
The firm represents a broad spectrum of the real estate industry with a client base ranging from local and regional entrepreneurs to REITs and private equity investors. The team focuses on investors, developers, property owners, lenders, governmental entities and homeowners associations to provide strategic counseling for the acquisition, development, financing (debt and equity), leasing and disposition of multifamily, mixed-use, commercial and industrial real estate.
WHAT IS A NOTEWORTHY TRANSACTION OR PROJECT
THAT YOUR FIRM HAS WORKED ON RECENTLY?
We are representing a property owner in connection with the sale and development of an urban property
that involves the negotiation of solutions to address public interest group objections, historic preservation requirements, complex environmental issues, railroad abandonment requirements, municipal objectives and public financing concerns. Our expertise in large, complex transactions enables our attorneys to take the lead in structuring and negotiating such deals in order to coordinate disparate interests and achieve multiple-party solutions.
TELL US ABOUT A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT YOUR
FIRM PROVIDED TO A REAL ESTATE CLIENT.
Through our multidisciplinary approach to complex transactions, we were able to assess the environmental
and development issues facing a client’s acquisition of an urban parcel. We successfully negotiated the assumption of environmental responsibility, removing the impediment of
a prior property owner’s cleanup, secured a significant price reduction, insured related environmental risks, streamlining the acquisition, financing and redevelopment.
Jack Fersko
Co-Chair, Real Estate Department
Thomas J. Denitzio, Jr.
Co-Chair, Real Estate Department
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST GROWTH AREA FOR
YOUR BUSINESS?
Climate change and related impacts on construction and development. Governor Murphy has advanced an ambitious Energy Master Plan policy that is expected to result in widespread regulatory reform concerning construction
and development requirements. Our team is well-versed
in sustainable development, alternative energy and resiliency, and the energy policy changes that will drive changing regulatory requirements impacting the real estate community.
WHY SHOULD A CLIENT CHOOSE YOU OVER THE
COMPETITION?
The firm’s strengths include one of the foremost commercial real estate, redevelopment, environmental, land use and related litigation practices in the market, enabling us to employ a practical, proactive and solution-oriented business approach to helping clients meet transactional challenges and capitalize on economic opportunities. Our deep roots and cross-disciplinary expertise in the state translate into a distinct client advantage, as we bring to bear in-depth knowledge of New Jersey’s legislative, regulatory and political landscape, coupled with comprehensive experience and a broad base of connections.
AT A GLANCE...
HEADQUARTERS: 99 Wood Ave. South, Iselin, NJ 08830 YEAR FOUNDED: 1914
TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS: 94
NUMBER OF REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS: 20
AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN REAL ESTATE: Acquisitions
and sales; leasing; environmental risk; project financing; redevelopment; land use and zoning; planned real estate and community associations; cannabis industry; public- private partnerships; downtown revitalization; transit- oriented projects; energy efficiency initiatives; commercial property tax appeals.
Robert S. Goldsmith Co-Chair, Redevelopment & Land Use Department
Gary S. Forshner
Co-Chair, Redevelopment & Land Use Department
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