On October 21, 2005, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. spoke on "The Redevelopment Process" at the ANJEC 32nd Annual Environmental Congress Seminar held at The Conference Center at Mercer
On September 21, 2005, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. spoke on "Environment Day" at the Leadership Morris Seminar held at Gardner Field.
On August 8, 2005, Maraziti, Falcon & Healey successfully defended the City of Somers Point in a suit brought by Shore Memorial Hospital Health Foundation regarding a property owner’s development rights in an area designated in need of redevelopment and subject to a duly enacted Redevelopment Plan under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (LHRL), N.J.S.A. 40A: 12A-1 et seq. Subject to a conflicts issue, the Honorable Stephen P. Perskie, J.S.C., entered judgment that under the LHRL, a Planning Board is not obligated to entertain an application of a developer for the development of its properties without the approval of the redevelopment entity. The Court distinguished Britwood v. Asbury Park, 376 N.J. Super. 552 (2005) by stating that this right is reserved unless “articulated” by the municipality in its enacting Ordinance of the Redevelopment Plan.
On June 27, 2005, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. spoke on "Current Trends in State Planning" at the Association of Environmental Authorities/ Commissioners' Conference.
On May 23, 2005, the Appellate Division affirmed the right of the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency (“PARA”) and its redeveloper, Landings at Harborside, to determine the pace and scheduling of property acquisition and redevelopment. In Rosengarten v. City of Perth Amboy, et al., a property owner of a 5-acre, vacant tract sought to compel the City and its redeveloper to immediately acquire its property, which is located within one of the City’s waterfront redevelopment areas. The Court, however, agreed with the arguments of PARA, which is represented by Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, that the scheduling of property acquisition must be left to the redevelopment agency. Both the Trial Court and the Appellate panel found that there was no basis in law to permit a property owner to interfere with the redevelopment agency’s stewardship of its scarce resources where the constitutional protections afforded to the property owner under the Eminent Domain Act are sufficient to protect the interests of the property owner at the time of taking.
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, Cranford Township selected The S. Hekemian Group to be the redeveloper of Cranford’s Riverfront Redevelopment Area. Maraziti, Falcon & Healey serves as Special Redevelopment Counsel to Cranford and prepared the Request for Proposals that led up to the Township’s selection. MF&H will now be undertaking the negotiation of the Redevelopment Agreement. For more information on this project,
click here to go to the Press Release.
Maraziti, Falcon & Healey is pleased to announce that
Sharon Cole has joined the firm as an Associate. Ms. Cole earned a J.D. from Howard University School of Law and a Masters of Public Administration Degree from George Washington University with a concentration in Urban Policy and Planning. Ms. Cole offers a variety of experience in working with public and private infrastructure entities and will enhance the firm’s ability to provide legal services to its clients.
On March 30, 2005, Kimberly Kearney spoke on "Redevelopment Zoning" at NBI's Zoning and Land Use Seminar in Saddle Brook.
On February 25, 2005,
Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. spoke on "Issues Affecting Long Term Planning In NJ" at the Association of Environmental Authorities Seminar held at Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority.
On February 9, 2005,
Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. spoke on “Smart Growth" at the Environmental Law and Regulations Seminar held at Rutgers, University, Cook College.
(Summer 2005) Maraziti, Falcon & Healey is planning its 5th Annual Redevelopment Seminar this summer. Please check back soon for the date, location, seminar topics and registration info, or Click here to fill out the form to be added to the mailing list for the upcoming seminar.
