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Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

New Jersey

20 Years Ranked

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Provided by Robert S Goldsmith

USA

Practice Areas

Co-Chair, Redevelopment & Land Use practice. Concentrates in redevelopment, downtown/urban revitalization, transit oriented development, project financing/incentives, sustainable building, public-private partnerships. Experience with issues related to parking demand, design and construction in redevelopment projects. Has counseled developers and municipalities on numerous redevelopment projects throughout NJ and in over 30 Special Improvement Districts.

Career

Downtown New Jersey; Board of Directors; Past President

New Jersey Future Board of Trustees

Regional Plan Association; New Jersey Committee

The Counselors of Real Estate New Jersey Chapter

NAIOP New Jersey; Legislative Committee (past co-Chair)

New Jersey Builders Association; Mixed-Use Developers

New Jersey State Bar Association

Main Street New Jersey Board of Advisors (Former Member)

Alzheimer's New Jersey, Inc. Board of Directors; Vice Chair

Rutgers School of Law-Newark Alumni Association (Past President)

New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; Ad Hoc committee focused on Special Improvement Districts (Former Member)

New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice and Procedure (Former Member)

New Jersey Lawyer; Editorial Board (Former Member)

The American Downtown Revitalization Review Advisory/Editorial Board

Interviewed by NJTOD on the issue of home rule in the state and how it affects the implementation of Transit Oriented Development on August 19, 2019.

Developed and taught a redevelopment law course at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark

Taught redevelopment law course at the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University

Served as an adjunct professor of environmental law in the Graduate Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development at Rutgers University

Taught environmental law in the Master’s degree program for environmental engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professional Memberships

Downtown New Jersey: Director and Past President

New Jersey Future: Trustee

Regional Plan Association: New Jersey Committee

The Counselors of Real Estate NJ Chapter

NAIOP NJ: member and former Co-Chair, Legislative Committee

New Jersey Builders Association

NJ Builders Association

Alzheimer's New Jersey, Inc.: Board of Directors

Personal

Rutgers Law School, Newark (1977)

New York University, BA, with honors (1973)

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Robert Goldsmith assists clients with an array of matters relating to development and redevelopment projects. He has expertise in permitting and design issues as well as wider contentious matters.

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