Michael X. McBride

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

mmcbride@connellfoley.com

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Michael X. 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 Tropicana, Resorts International and The Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Gateway 3 and 4 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 projects for Toll Brothers; and a large shopping center development in the Economic Trade Zone in Mount Olive, New Jersey. Mr. McBride has spoken at the Annual Construction Superconference in San Francisco, California in the fall 2005 and 2006.

 

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 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Delbarton School (2003-present).

 

Practice Areas:

Real Estate Law and Land Use

Construction Law

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

State of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States District Court, District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education:

Stanford University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1975)

Georgetown University (J.D. Honors, 1978)

Affiliations:

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York Bar Association


Publications

  • Co-Author, A View from the Federal Bench: Perspectives on Construction Disputes in the Year 2006 and a Review of Recent Trends and the New Rules That Will Impact Construction Disputes in the Federal Courts, presented at the Construction Superconference held in San Francisco, California (December 7, 2006).

  • Co-Author, The Agency CM and Public Projects: The Agency CM Is “At-Risk,” presented at the Construction Superconference held in San Francisco, California (December 9, 2005).

Reported Cases

  • Kvaerner Process, Inc. v. Barham-McBride Joint Venture, 368 N.J. Super 190 (App. Div. 2004)

  • Lauchheimer v. Gulf Oil, 6 F.Supp.3d 339 (D.N.J. 1998)

  • Bank Polska Kasa Opieki v. Pamrapo Savings, 909 F.Supp. 948 (D.N.J. 1995)