PRACTICE AREAS
Land Use, Zoning and Redevelopment
MSW serves as land use and zoning counsel to developers, property owners, and businesses throughout New Jersey.
The firm’s land use attorneys and professionals work closely with clients and project teams to establish a proper legal and regulatory framework for a project’s design and construction, and help clients navigate the ever-complex land use process to ensure that they receive all of the necessary government approvals and permits required to develop a project. The firm’s attorneys regularly appear before local land use boards and other governmental bodies in connection with planning, zoning, and other land use approvals.
In addition, the firm’s attorneys regularly perform land use and zoning due diligence to determine a project’s feasibility, and work closely with the firm’s transactional practice groups to structure land use related provisions in purchase and sale agreements and commercial leases.
MSW also represents developers in the negotiation of redevelopment agreements, and in the procurement of tax abatements and exemptions and other public incentives needed to make a development project economically viable. Our team regularly helps our private sector clients identify public-private partnerships and provides strategic counsel throughout every phase of the development process.
Representative Matters
420,000 SF
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Institutional industrial developer in connection with approvals for the construction of a 420,000 square foot distribution center in Elmwood Park, NJ.
11-STORY
MIXED-USE BUILDING IN JERSEY CITY
Developer in connection with approvals for an 11-story mixed-use building, including 343 apartment units, a 226-space parking garage, and a new performing arts center in Jersey City, NJ. The project will anchor the University Place Performing Arts Center District under New Jersey City University’s West Campus Redevelopment Plan.
120,000 SF
INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE
Institutional industrial developer in connection with approvals for a 120,000 square foot industrial warehouse in Newark, NJ.
125,000 SF
INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE
Institutional industrial developer in connection with approvals for a 125,000 square foot industrial warehouse in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ.
100,000+ SF
SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES – NEW JERSEY
National self-storage developer in connection with approvals for the construction of multiple 100,000+ square foot self-storage facilities throughout New Jersey, including Paterson, Toms River, Bordentown, Franklin Township, and East Brunswick.
12-STORY
403 APARTMENTS IN NEWARK
Developer in connection with approvals for a 12-story mixed-use building, including 403 apartment units in Newark, NJ.
14-STORY
350-UNIT BUILDING
Developer in connection with approvals for a 14-story mixed-use building, including 350 apartment units in downtown Newark, NJ.
CANNABIS APPROVALS
Multiple cannabis dispensary operators in connection with approvals for Class 5 Cannabis Retail facilities in Jersey City, NJ.
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LAND USE, ZONING AND REDEVELOPMENT
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PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, ABATEMENTS, AND APPEALS
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REAL ESTATE FINANCE
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