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The attorneys of Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian’s Land Use and Redevelopment practice have extensive experience guiding residential, industrial, commercial and mixed-use projects, large and small, through all phases of the redevelopment and land use process, from site acquisition, financing and leasing to zoning, permitting, land use approvals and project completion.
Our attorneys represent developers, property owners, businesses, municipalities and public entities in navigating New Jersey’s complex land use and redevelopment requirements. We regularly appear before municipal planning boards, zoning boards of adjustment, historic commissions, and federal, county and state agencies to secure site plan and subdivision approvals, variances and other approvals necessary to move projects forward.
Our experience encompasses a broad range of development projects, including residential and mixed-use developments, affordable and workforce housing, retail and office properties, billboards, warehouse and industrial facilities, hotels, schools and houses of worship. Our attorneys have also represented both developers and municipalities in major urban redevelopment projects involving the transformation of existing properties into new residential, commercial and community uses.
The practice collaborates with the firm’s Environmental Law practice, giving clients the benefit of extensive experience in environmental regulation, contaminated properties and related development challenges. The practice also works with the firm’s Real Estate Transactions practice on acquisitions, leasing and financing, and advises on redevelopment financing, tax abatements and economic development incentives.
Whether working with first-time developers, smaller family-owned businesses, established developers and investors, or governmental entities, our attorneys provide legal and practical business guidance throughout the development process, from initial planning and property acquisition through regulatory approvals, construction-related issues and project completion.
We regularly work with:
- Private developers
- Municipalities
- County and State agencies
- Redevelopment agencies
- Housing authorities
- Real estate special purpose entities (SPEs)
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Affordable and workforce housing developers
- Commercial property owners and investors
- Businesses pursuing expansion or redevelopment projects
Our services include:
- General redevelopment and development counsel
- Land use and zoning approvals
- Site plan and subdivision approvals
- Variances and appearances before planning and zoning boards
- Redevelopment and development financing
- Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) and economic development incentives
- Federal and state permitting and regulatory matters affecting development
- Eminent domain and condemnation litigation
- Contaminated property and environmental issues
- Appeals of planning and zoning board decisions in trial and appellate courts
- Appeals of administrative agency decisions
- Challenges to local ordinances