New Jersey school districts rely on modern, safe athletic facilities to support both student development and community use. Yet even well‑planned improvements can face significant delays when local land‑use disputes arise.
Sometimes the path to resolution takes clients through unexpected and challenging territory.
After four days of a bench trial in Utica and Rome, NY, Anthony Sodono and Sari B. Placona secured a $7.7 million judgment for a client in a complex financial dispute that unfolded over six years.
Exciting progress is underway in Plainfield as the City celebrates the groundbreaking of its new Recreational and Cultural Center of Excellence.
MS&B attorneys Bakari G. Lee and Malcolm X. Thorpe have once again guided one of our housing authority clients through the successful negotiation and execution of a complex master development agreement. The Housing Authority of Plainfield has formalized a partnership with WinnDevelopment Company to preserve 353 affordable housing units across two residential communities.
MS&B Member Bakari G. Lee and Partner Malcolm X. Thorpe recently led the finalization of a comprehensive redevelopment agreement for the Housing Authority of the City of Passaic, working in partnership with L+M State Street Associates LLC and the Passaic Redevelopment Agency. This tri‑party agreement sets in motion a transformative plan to deliver more than 350 new and rehabilitated housing units at the Alfred Speer Village site.
Clean energy projects rely on two critical pillars: regulatory approvals and favorable financing. But in practice, the timing between them is everything, a missed deadline can jeopardize millions in public benefits.
Recent legislation has opened a faster, more cost‑effective route for New Jersey school districts to fund essential capital projects—and MS&B attorneys Andrea L. Kahn, Christopher B. Langhart, and Amy E. Baumgaertel have already helped two districts put it to work.
