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Michael X. McBride is the Managing Partner
of Connell Foley.
Mr. McBride maintains an extensive practice
representing owners, developers, contractors
and vendors in all aspects of the real
estate development and construction
business. Among his more notable
projects are the large scale development of
data centers, industrial tract and office
developments, residential apartment and
condominium projects and
shopping center developments.
Mr. McBride’s construction projects include
the Borgata, Tropicana, Resorts
International and the Trump Taj Mahal in
Atlantic City, New Jersey; Gateway Center in
Newark, New Jersey; Prudential Centers 1 and
2 in Chicago, Illinois; power plants in
India and China; a $250 million
polypropylene plant in Linden,
New Jersey; Dow Jones' headquarters in
Princeton, New Jersey; large residential and
redevelopment projects along the Hudson
River for Toll Brothers; and a large
shopping center development in the
Rockefeller Economic Trade Zone in Mount
Olive, New Jersey. Mr. McBride has spoken at
the Annual Construction Superconference in
San Francisco, California in Fall 2005 and
2006 and to various trade groups.
Recently, Mr. McBride spoke at
NJBIA’s Annual Public Policy Forum with
political and industry leaders on economic
and political issues confronting New Jersey.
Mr. McBride represents an industrial fund
purchasing, developing, leasing and selling
large industrial tracts in the Northeast,
Southeast and Midwest. Mr. McBride
recently represented a family in the sale of
37 buildings in Clark, New Jersey to one of
New York City’s largest developers. In
addition, Mr. McBride successfully
negotiated the merger of McBride
Enterprises, Hudson Bay, a private real
estate fund capitalized by Crescent Real
Estate Equities (a REIT trading on the NYSE)
and Penn Square Properties, Inc. into an
entity called Keystone Property Trust, a
REIT trading on the NYSE which was sold to
Prologis in 2004.
Prior to joining Connell Foley, Mr. McBride
served as Law Clerk to H.C. Meanor, United
States District Judge, District of New
Jersey (1978-1979). He is a Member of
the Board of Directors of Covenant House New
Jersey (1991-present) and a former Chairman
of its Board of Directors (1991-2002).
Mr. McBride also remains very involved with
Georgetown University where he is serving as
a Member of its Board of Regents
(2004-present) and served as a Member of the
Board of Directors for its College of Arts &
Sciences (2001-2003). In addition, Mr.
McBride is a Member of the Board of
Directors of McBride Enterprises and The
Frank McBride Company, Inc. and a former
Member of the Board of Trustees of the
Delbarton School (2003-2009). |
