Charles J Harrington III

Practice Areas

Real Estate and Land Use

Career

A trusted advisor to participants in Jersey City and Hudson County real estate development, Charles Harrington has a tremendous knowledge of land use and a stellar reputation for getting development and redevelopment projects off the ground. Developers rely on Chuck for his ability to successfully navigate the intricacies of city government, planning and zoning boards, redevelopment agencies and neighborhood associations in order to move their projects forward.

Chuck advises clients on complex land use, development and redevelopment, permitting and approvals, zoning changes, riparian and condemnation issues, transactional work, construction and acquisition financing, condominium formation and real property tax appeals. He is particularly effective at obtaining both short- and long-term tax abatements for his clients, as well as counseling them on opportunities for public and private financing and other incentive opportunities.

During his long career in real estate and land use, Chuck has completed more than 1,000 land use approvals and redevelopment applications, and obtained approvals for some of the preeminent development projects on the Jersey City waterfront and in New Jersey. He has served as land use counsel to a majority of the major developers of the Jersey City Gold Coast waterfront and represents numerous small to mid-size developers within Jersey City and neighboring municipalities. Chuck’s development approvals include projects ranging from two-family homes to major developments consisting of more than 5,000 residential units; affordable and workforce housing developments with related low-income housing tax credit funding; renovation and conversion of historic residential and commercial properties; and office and hotel developments.

Professional Memberships

Hudson County Bar Association

New Jersey Planners Organizations

New Jersey State Bar Association

Expert in these Jurisdictions

District of Columbia

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Experience

Chuck has obtained numerous planning board and zoning board approvals for developments along the Jersey City waterfront and the interior neighborhoods. The projects include the following:

The Portofino

Marbella I and II

Monaco I and II

Crystal Point

Urby

70, 80 and 90 Columbus

The Art House

The Oakman

The Hamilton House

100 Monitor Street - Morris Canal/Lafayette area

SciTech Scity

Marriott Residence Hotel

The Hyatt House

Lafayette Village

Montgomery Gardens

Catherine Todd Senior Housing

The Embankment

The Revetment

The Vito Lofts

Innovative developments incorporating arts/theater space, and public/private partnerships with a new public school

Education

Awards