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Real Property Co-Chairs Jennifer Phillips Smith and Douglas J. Janacek
OUR CLIENTS
Our clients are innovative
developers, property owners
and investors undertaking
transformative, multibillion-dollar
projects, changing landscapes in
Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken,
Atlantic City and Asbury Park and
along the Raritan and Delaware
rivers. They’re also industry
leaders in other sectors, including
health care, manufacturing,
logistics and education, looking
to further their missions by
improving their real estate
portfolios or expanding their
holdings.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Gibbons continues to represent
NJ Transit on major projects.
Notably, in July 2024, Gibbons,
led by Director Jennifer Phillips
Smith, assisted NJ Transit with
the negotiation and execution
of a master development
agreement and a ground lease to
transform underutilized surface
parking at the Metropark station
into a transit-oriented medical
offi ce tower, multifamily housing
and retail. The fi rst phase is
under construction.
In fall 2024, NJ Transit also began
moving into its new corporate
headquarters in the Gateway
Center in Newark. Gibbons, led
by Director Andrew Camelotto,
assisted NJ Transit with the
ONE MORE THING
Gibbons offers multidisciplinary
services statewide, from
Bergen to Atlantic counties
and all points between,
addressing all aspects of real
estate development deals.
Our team provides a full
complement of services to
take our clients’ projects from
concept to construction and
beyond, including:
■ Transactional: Purchases,
sales, leasing, fi nancing
■ Redevelopment:
Redevelopment property
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
OUR EXPERTISE
Representing corporations,
lenders, owners, developers
throughout the region in
buying, selling, leasing,
fi nancing real estate; zoning,
planning, permitting for
development, redevelopment,
public/private infrastructure
projects
negotiation and execution of a
lease agreement and parking
license governing the use and
occupancy of over 400,000
square feet of offi ce space in the
Gateway Center in Newark.
designation, adoption
of redevelopment plans,
redevelopment agreements,
fi nancial agreements
(PILOTs), special assessment
agreements, Redevelopment
Area Bonds (RABs)
■ Land use and permitting:
Appearances before
planning boards, boards of
adjustment, county planning
boards, state agencies
■ Appeals: Representation in
actions in lieu of prerogative
writ, Appellate Division and
Offi ce of Administrative Law