James C. McCann’s practice encompasses the areas of
acquisition, sale, development of real property,
land use, redevelopment law, tax abatements,
condominium and planned real estate development law,
and alcoholic beverage licensing, transfers and
regulatory compliance.
Mr. McCann has been a real estate practitioner in
Jersey City for 18 years, handling complex land use
and permitting matters. He specializes in the
representation of developers before municipalities,
redevelopment agencies and planning boards in
redevelopment areas established under New Jersey’s
Local Redevelopment and Housing Law and in the
negotiation of tax abatement agreements with
municipalities under New Jersey’s Long Term Tax
Exemption Law and other tax abatement statutes. Mr.
McCann has assisted in the drafting of numerous
redevelopment plans and through his representation
of the development community, has influenced
redevelopment and tax abatement policy in Jersey
City.
His experience extends to the representation
of developers in the New Jersey Superior Court, Law
Division, Chancery Division and Appellate Division
on litigated approvals under the Municipal Land Use
Law, Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, and New
Jersey’s Long Term Exemption Law. Mr. McCann has
prepared and registered numerous applications for
registration of public offering statements with the
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in
condominium conversions and the establishment of
condominium ownership for mixed-use and high-rise
buildings. He has extensive experience representing
developers and restaurateurs in alcoholic beverage
licensing, liquor license transfers, and regulatory
compliance.
Representative clients range from large nationally
known development companies to small and medium
sized real estate developers, many of whom have
developed notable projects contributing to the real
estate renaissance which has occurred in Jersey
City. He
has also served as general counsel to a major
municipal utilities authority in New Jersey.
Mr. McCann has lectured for the New Jersey Institute
for Continuing Legal Education and the New Jersey
State Bar Association on the Long Term Tax Exemption
Law and the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law.
General development counsel to the
Lefrak Organization in connection with
“Newport” ─ a 600-acre master planned,
mixed-use community located on the
Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City,
New Jersey, currently consisting of nine
high-rise rental apartment buildings,
three high-rise condominium buildings,
eight high-rise office towers, two
hotels, and thousands of square feet of
retail, office and entertainment
facilities;
•
General
development counsel to Toll Bros, Inc.
in connection with 700 Grove, a 230 unit
high-rise luxury residential condominium
and 10 Provost Square, a planned
high-rise mixed-use condominium with up
to 900 residential units, 50,000 square
feet of retail space and a performing
arts center in Jersey City’s Powerhouse
Arts Redevelopment District;
•
General development counsel to SK Properties in
connection with: Grove Pointe Master
Condominium, a luxury mixed-use high-rise
complex with 458 residential rental units, 67
residential condominium units and retail space;
Grand Liberty Harbor North I, a planned 330 unit
residential high-rise building; Grand Liberty
Harbor North II, a planned 500 unit residential
high-rise apartment building;
•
General development
counsel to COALCO New York in connection with
the renovation and adaptive re-use of Jersey
City’s former American Can building to establish
a 551-unit, residential loft condominium complex
with 25,000 square feet of retail space;
•
General development
counsel for “Liberty Harbor,” an 80-acre master
planned mixed-use community in Jersey City
currently consisting of 279 residential town
home-style and high-rise condominiums, 353
residential rental units in two high-rises, with
retail, office and entertainment facilities;
•
General development counsel to Fisher
Development Associates, LLC in
connection with Liberty Towers, a two
tower 648 unit residential rental
complex; Liberty Terrace a 119 unit
residential condominium; and Crystal
Point, a planned 269 unit luxury
high-rise residential condominium, all
located on Jersey City’s Hudson River
waterfront;
•
General
development counsel to Fields
Development Group in connection with
Waldo Lofts, a luxury high-rise
condominium containing 82 residential
lofts and 10,000 square feet of retail
space located adjacent to Jersey City’s
Powerhouse Arts Redevelopment District;
•
General development counsel to Roseland
Properties, Inc. and Garden State
Developers, Inc. in connection with the
development of 455 Washington Boulevard
Master Condominium, a planned high-rise,
residential rental apartment and
condominium complex with 746 units;
•
Tax
abatement counsel for Panepinto
Properties, Inc. in connection with the
100 Columbus Master Condominium, a
planned four tower, mixed-use high-rise
rental complex with 1,267 units, a
144-room hotel, retail and office space;
•
Counsel to numerous developers and
restaurateurs including Mack-Cali Realty
Corp. and the Lefrak Organization in
connection with the acquisition,
ownership, and conveyance of New Jersey
liquor licenses
