AT A GLANCE
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
Year founded: 1926
Number of attorneys: 167
Number of attorneys involved in commercial real estate in New Jersey: 15
Areas of expertise in real estate: Redevelopment, Purchases and Sales of Real Estate, Complex Financing, State and Local Land Use Permitting, Public/Private Infrastructure, Economic Incentives
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.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Gibbons offers multidisciplinary services statewide, from Bergen to Atlantic counties and all points between, addressing all aspects of real estate development deals:
- Transactional: Purchases, sales, leasing, financing
- Redevelopment: Designation of property as Area in Need of Redevelopment, adoption of redevelopment plans, negotiation of redevelopment agreements, financial agreements (PILOTS), special assessment agreements, issuance of Redevelopment Area Bonds (RABs)
- Land Use & Permitting: Appearances before Planning Boards, Boards of Adjustment, County Planning Boards, State Agencies
- Appellate: Representation in Actions In Lieu of Prerogative Writs, Appellate Division, and Office of Administrative Law
- Economic Incentives & Government Affairs
This wide-ranging practice is the result of the distinct contributions of our exceptional attorneys — including newest team member Bisola Taiwo, most recently Assistant Director/Chief of Staff for Newark’s Department of Economic and Housing Development, where she structured deal terms for redevelopment projects worth billions of dollars.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Our clients’ projects have statewide impact. For example, led by Directors Jennifer Phillips Smith and Paul St. Onge, Gibbons represents the Master Redeveloper in all aspects of the $2.5 billion Riverton redevelopment project. When complete, Riverton will transform an industrial brownfield into a vibrant community of retail, restaurants, offices, hotels, parks, marina and 2,000 residential units, including 300 affordable housing units, located on 400+ acres on the Raritan River in Sayreville. Gibbons handles redevelopment, land use, real estate, liquor licensing, public finance and government affairs issues, helping our client drive the project towards groundbreaking for vertical development. For more: https://experienceriverton.com/
