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Andrew S. Kohut
Chair of Land
Use, Zoning and Development Group
Mark S. Balian
Administrative Partner, Chair of the Business, Corporate and Commercial Transactional Group
OUR CLIENTS
Stuart D. Liebman
Managing Partner, Land Use, Zoning and Development Group
James E. Jaworski Partner, Land
Use, Zoning and Development Group
James J. Delia
Chair of the Commercial Real Estate Group
12 Route 17 North, Suite 310 Paramus, NJ 07653
AT A GLANCE
YEAR FOUNDED: 1986
NUMBER OF REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS: 9
AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN REAL ESTATE: Land Use and Zoning, Redevelopment, Acquisitions and Sales, Commercial Leasing, Real Estate and Land Use Litigation, Real Estate Financing and Lending and Tax Appeals
matters we handle can be complex and intense, our boutique setting allows us to form relationships with our clients that go beyond that of basic attorney-client.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
2022 and the beginning of 2023 has seen an array of long-term projects successfully concluded with the commencement and continuation of others. Highlights include:
Rezoning
1 The relocation of a regional, acute-care hospital’s entire campus with entitlements
2 307-unit senior living facility for a national real estate group with entitlements
3 400,000 sf distribution/fulfillment warehouse for a publicly traded real estate development company with entitlements
Redevelopment
1 377-unit multifamily development for a national real estate developer with entitlements
2 An approximately 700,000 sf warehouse for a prominent East Coast development company
3 A transit-oriented, mixed-use development including 145 residential units and approximately 20,000 sf of commercial
4 332-unit senior/assisted living community for a leading senior living community developer/operator with entitlements
Other Matters
1 Entitlements for a mixed-use project including 456 residential units for a regional shopping center
2 Negotiated approximately 200,000 sf of space for a regional retail center
3 Entitlements for outdoor static/digital off-premise advertising signs for a global advertising company
4 Obtained Right to Farm protection for an equestrian facility/ commercial farm and advocated for amending state legislation to permit certain labor housing
5 Multimillion-dollar refinance for a catering facility and its real estate
Fortunately, our firm has never had a typical client. From local developers and lending institutions to national and global corporations, our experienced, diverse real estate practice serves every facet of our clients’ real estate ambitions. Whether the matters involve municipal to statewide approvals for any type of development project, redevelopment and rezoning, the acquisition or sale of real estate, leasing, financing or real estate and land use litigation, we provide strategic, nuanced advice tailored to our clients’ goals and objectives.
OUR ADVANTAGE
With nine real estate practitioners in our office, one of our hallmarks is our ability to seamlessly collaborate together in an effort to offer solutions to our clients’ real estate demands. Productive, strategic thinking is most often a group effort. Within our offices, it is commonplace for our attorneys to be working collectively in order to optimize our clients’ results. Collaborative efforts are not limited by individual practice group. We understand that each aspect of a real estate project cannot be analyzed in a vacuum. Given our multidisciplinary real estate practice, we continually provide meaningful advice to our clients on how decisions in one aspect of their project will impact the others. One of the trademarks we take pride in is the connections we develop with our clients. While the
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