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Ted Zangari is a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross and is a Chair of the Firm's Real Estate Department.  Mr. Zangari also chairs the Firm's Government Relations and Public Policy Practice and its Redevelopment Law Practice.

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Group Combines the Collective Voice of Businesses
Involved in the Construction of
Multi-family Rental, Redevelopment, Retail and Office Space Production 

Hamilton, NJ – The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) is pleased to announce the formation of New Jersey Mixed-Use Developers (MXD). Leaders in residential, commercial, redevelopment and mixed-use development have come together in response to the evolving land use patterns in New Jersey. MXD will unite the voice of businesses involved in the construction of multi-family housing, retail and office space – otherwise known as mixed-use production, in New Jersey. MXD, along with NJBA, will advocate for providing the wide array of diverse housing choices, as well as commercial mixed-use developments that will facilitate the availability of housing and workplaces for all New Jersey residents.Continue Reading New Jersey Builders Association Announces the Formation of New Jersey Mixed-Use Developers

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NJ Chamber of Commerce President Tom Bracken (left) and Board Member Ted Zangari discuss business retention and recruitment with Tracye McDaniel, president and CEO of Choose New Jersey; Caren Franzini, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and Linda Kellner, acting executive director of the state’s Business Action Center.

(Courtesy of NJ Chamber of Commerce) The three women executives who are helping spearhead economic growth in New Jersey told a group of State Chamber of Commerce members on Friday that now is a perfect time for the Garden State’s economy to skyrocket – in terms of both business growth and reputation.Continue Reading The Three Women Helping Spearhead Economic Growth Say “New Jersey Means Business”

Governor Christie today signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2853 which directs State and local agencies that issue permits to businesses related to economic development to streamline the process by which the permits are issued to such businesses and monitored for compliance.

The law requires State agencies to review the permits they currently issue to identify permits which: 1) can be administered through expedited processes, such as developing procedures for the electronic submission of permit applications; or 2) may be obsolete, are no longer necessary or cost more to administer than the benefits they provide, and thus should be eliminated so long as the public health, safety, or general welfare is not endangered.

Continue Reading Streamlined Permitting Process Becomes Law

Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. is pleased to announce that Andrew B. Robins joined the Firm and will be heading up the Environmental Law Practice Group. Mr. Robins brings his vast environmental law experience to the Firm where he will counsel clients in regulatory compliance, cost recovery litigation, redevelopment, brownfields, transaction negotiation and risk analysis.

“Andy’s practice fits perfectly with our multidisciplinary approach to brownfield and portfield development and the adaptive re-use of industrial properties,” said Ted Zangari, chair of the Firm’s Redevelopment Law Practice Group.Continue Reading Sills Cummis & Gross Snags Top Environmental Attorney

Regional Plan Association (RPA) released today a report suggesting that Newark is well positioned to leverage sustainability for urban revitalization. The exceptional variety of built and open space environments in the "Brick City" creates opportunities for sustainability initiatives of almost every kind and scale: from retrofitting older building stock with new energy technologies to best…

GlobeSt.com – This article discusses the third-annual Urban Developer’s Night hosted by the Industrial and Office Real Estate Brokers Association of the New York Metropolitan Area. Ted Zangari, the featured speaker of the evening and a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross, stated, “New Jersey will truly be the first state in the nation to…

Gov. Christie yesterday signed legislation extending the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program to include wind energy facilities constructed anywhere within the South Jersey Port District. The minimum capital investment requirement is $50 Million (unchanged from the existing UTHTC); however, the minimum job requirement is 300 new full-time employees (vs. 250 full-time employees in the…

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(Blog editor-in-chief Ted Zangari, founder of the Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition, fifth from right, watches Gov. Christie Christie enact the “Time of Application” law which Zangari first proposed to the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Ronald Rice, more than six years ago.)

Governor Chris Christie today signed legislation to simplify and make more predictable regulations governing land-use development applications at the municipal level, encouraging development and lowering costs for New Jersey businesses and job creators.

S-82, commonly referred to as “time of application” or “time of decision” legislation, provides that a land-use development application will be governed by the municipal development regulations in effect at the time of the application.  Exceptions are provided for those rules related to health and public safety. Continue Reading Governor Christie Signs Legislation to Reform Land-Use Development Regulations