Land Use, Zoning, and Real Estate Development

Price, Meese, Shulman & D’Arminio has earned an outstanding reputation in the field of land use and real estate development. The Firm represents many international and national corporations, local businesses, real estate developers and homebuilders in securing government approvals for projects in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Our attorneys have secured approvals for:

  Introduction: In a bid to ensure the safety and structural integrity of condominiums and cooperatives, New Jersey has recently implemented a groundbreaking Structural Inspection Law.  Signed into law on January 8, 2024, P.L.2003, c.214, S2760/A4384, (to read the entire statute click here) aims to establish a framework for regular inspections of condominium and cooperative […]

Greg Meese and Ed Purcell notch big win for the telecom industry in ExteNet Systems Inc. v Township of North Bergen. On May 19, 2022, Federal Court Judge Madeline Cox Arleo granted their motion for summary judgment finding that the Township of North Bergen illegally denied ExteNet’s applications to install small wireless facilities in the […]

Greg Meese prevailed in an appellate challenge to variance approvals secured on behalf of a developer of a self-storage facility in Glen Rock. The Appellate Division decision, issued on Friday, February 18, 2022, in MSO, INC. and 208 GLEN ROCK ASSOCIATES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF GLEN ROCK and SS […]

Greg Meese and Edward Purcell co-edited the fifteenth edition of the Land Use Citator, an annual compendium of case law and statutory and regulatory enactments that impact land development and property rights in New Jersey. Published by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the Land Use Citator is the course material for the […]

Mr. Purcell recently co-authored a point/counter-point piece in the New Jersey Law Journal debating the merits of returning to in person land use board hearings or continuing to hold virtual hearings after the Covid-19 emergency ends. Below is a copy of the article. Additionally, Mr. Purcell will be participating in a seminar on this topic […]

Page printed from: https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2021/06/16/the-great-unwinding-land-use-and-the-end-of-the-covid-19-health-emergency/ The Great Unwinding: Land Use and the End of the COVID-19 Health Emergency The first step toward getting back to “normal” is unwinding the layers of executive orders, rules, and statutes adopted during the last 15 months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By Edward W. Purcell | June 16, 2021 […]

Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey: What Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural Property Owners Should Know. By: Edward W. Purcell, Esq. On February 22, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act, also known as P.L., c. 16 (“Chapter 16”) into law. Many commercial and industrial property owners, starved for […]

On November 10, 2020 Edward Purcell will present a webinar for the Somerset County Business Partnership regarding an important rule change related to New Jersey waterways. Last year the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) re-classified a number of rivers and tributaries across the state as “C1”, i.e. highly protected. This re-classification effectively prohibits […]

Permit Extension Act of 2020- An Important Response. Edward W. Purcell, Esq. Last Wednesday Governor Murphy signed into law the Permit Extension Act of 2020, P.L. 2020, c.53 (“Chapter 53”). The Legislature adopted this legislation in response to the present COVID-19 crisis. The law was previously conditionally vetoed by Governor Murphy. Chapter 53 benefits businesses […]