About

Provided by Gibbons P.C.

The Gibbons Real Property Group is distinguished by the close collaboration of highly regarded transactional and development attorneys.

Gibbons has led development projects in almost 450 municipalities in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, handling zoning, planning, and permitting matters for commercial, office, retail, and industrial uses. We typically join a project at the zoning analysis stage, to determine feasibility and establish a regulatory framework, and often navigate the project through plan development, filing, and application review and approval. Our attorneys regularly handle land use litigation and appear before environmental agencies, county planning boards, and municipal construction departments.

Our transactional real estate team represents lenders, sellers, buyers, developers, and financers of office buildings, industrial facilities, resort properties, hotels, shopping centers, multifamily residences, and land, and handles condominium developments and conversions. We conduct due diligence investigations in connection with property acquisitions, handle a wide range of leases and real estate financing transactions, represent lenders, borrowers, and purchasers in real estate workouts and distressed assets, and regularly structure real estate joint ventures.

Gibbons is also a leader in redevelopment projects and has developed a particular niche in major public and private infrastructure development projects with huge regional significance.

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Real Estate - New Jersey

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What the Team is Known For

Gibbons is a highly regarded mainstay of the New Jersey market with breadth and depth across a wide range of real estate matters such as acquisitions, dispositions and redevelopment projects. It acts for major clients including owners, developers, retailers and corporate entities. Local government land use work remains a strong area for the team. It also offers notable expertise in projects concerning industrial, retail and mixed-use sites.

Work Highlights

  • Gibbons P.C represented Saryeville Seaport Associates in connection with its plans to build a USD2.5 billion mixed use development in Saryeville, New Jersey.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jennifer Phillips Smith
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Jennifer Phillips Smith
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Co-chair of the firm's real property department Jennifer Phillips Smith represents clients in development projects spanning the industrial, retail and residential sectors. She also has additional expertise in obtaining alcoholic beverage licenses.

Jennifer is amazing and a great partner to work with. She is responsive, knowledgeable, thoughtful and proactive.

Jennifer brings a very broad base of skills to her practice.

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Andrew J. Camelotto
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Andrew Camelotto represents institutional clients in acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, development and redevelopment matters, among others.

Douglas J. Janacek
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Douglas J. Janacek
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Co-chair of the firm's real property department Douglas Janacek represents developers, investors and state bodies in a range of redevelopment projects and related land use litigation.

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Howard Geneslaw
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Howard Geneslaw focuses his practice on development, redevelopment, land use and permitting issues. He also assists clients with obtaining alcoholic beverage licenses.

His knowledge, expertise and relationships with the local municipalities is vast and strong.

Howard is extremely helpful and accessible.

Ranked Lawyers at
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New Jersey

Real Estate

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Andrew J. Camelotto
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Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Jennifer Phillips Smith
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Jennifer Phillips Smith
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Douglas J. Janacek
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Douglas J. Janacek
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Howard Geneslaw
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