Hill Wallack LLP’s attorneys are widely recognized for comprehensive representation of property owners, builders, developers and public entities in land development and redevelopment projects.
For example, the firm served as general counsel to the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) in the financing and development of some of the State’s highest profile redevelopment projects. We currently serve as counsel to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, New Jersey Transit, and the property owner of one of the largest commercial redevelopment opportunities in the state.
Our strength is our ability to develop and deliver cross-disciplinary solutions for complex projects. Our experience extends to condemnations, real estate financing, site acquisitions, construction issues, environmental remediation and litigation, approvals and permits, tax abatement agreements and related areas.
Representative Matters
- We served as lead negotiator for CRDA concerning The Walk in Atlantic City, a retail and entertainment project featuring more than 100 merchant locations. We also served as lead negotiator for the Heldrich Center in New Brunswick for CRDA, and for the Secaucus Junction and Morristown Transit Village projects for NJ Transit. On each project, our attorneys negotiated transactions, documented deals, and advised on environmental issues, site acquisition, project funding and finance and other issues.
- Our attorneys worked with a client that acquired a former manufacturing facility with onsite contaminants to create and secure approval for an economically feasible redevelopment plan. We developed innovative environmental remediation approaches and funding/allocation agreements with the responsible party, the municipality and the State to allow the project to proceed notwithstanding a difficult economic climate. We also harnessed the support of municipal officials and leaders, as well as neighboring residents, to secure speedy approvals with no opposition.
- Hill Wallack LLP represented the New Jersey Builders Association in Gallenthin v. Paulsboro, a major New Jersey Supreme Court case that reshaped the legal landscape concerning redevelopment designations.
- We have worked closely with private and public sector clients in formulating "area in need of redevelopment" designations, redevelopment plans, and redevelopment agreements, all with an eye toward meeting the new exacting standards imposed by the Gallenthin case and its progeny.
We provide our clients a breadth of experience covering all the various issues that arise in the redevelopment context, while delivering responsive, efficient results.
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