Anthony DellaPelle interviewed regarding use of eminent domain for affordable housing project
MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – Mayor Robert Greenbaum said the township has no other choice but to use its power of eminent domain to buy a deteriorating, former nursing home in Budd Lake and convert it into housing for low- and moderate-income families. The Cobblestone Health Care Facility on Stonewald Court has been empty since it was closed in 2008 as a result of an agreement with the state. It has since deteriorated, with gaping holes in the roof, extensive mold, exposed electrical wires and other evidence of infestation. Read entire article here.
Teresa Davenport wants to sell her Boonton house on Harrison Street, a suburban road with modest homes, white picket fences and manicured lawns. She knew the market was bad, but she had to go because about a year ago she took a new job in Virginia. The house had selling points. It backed to a gentle stream, part of the Rockaway River, adjacent to Interstate 287. Read the entire article here.
McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle appeared as faculty at two recent local conferences of national real estate organizations. On April 24, 2012, he served as a moderator at the Urban Land Institute’s conference “The Fort Monmouth Story: Opportunities for Growth and Redevelopment”, which was held on the Fort Monmouth Property. On April 26th, he led a panel at the 76th Annual Princeton Conference of the Metro New Jersey Chapter of the Appraisal Institute entitled “Public Utilities – the Next Great Wave of Takings“
McKirdy& Riskin were selected for inclusion in the Top 100 attorneys in New Jersey for 2012 by New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thomson Reuters publication.In the Super Lawyers list published in the April edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine, partner Anthony Della Pelle was recognized as being in the Top 10 attorneys in New Jersey, and partners Edward McKirdy, Harry Riskin, John Buonocore and Thomas Olson were all named to the Top 100 Super Lawyers list Della Pelle is a resident of Morris Township and McKirdy, Riskin and Buonocore all reside in Mendham. Olson lives in Milltown. Read more here.
McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle was recently interviewed and quoted by the Star-Ledger’s MaryAnn Spoto in her article regarding an appellate court’s decision to uphold a $375,000 jury award for a Harvey Cedars couple who claimed that a beach replenishment project reduced the value of their oceanfront home, because it ruined their ocean view. The case was the latest of beach replenishment cases along the Jersey shore, where municipalities have been using federal funds to rebuild beaches and sand dunes by pumping sand onto the shore to push back against the tide. The recent Star-Ledger story is available here.
MORRIS TWP. ‑ Anthony F. Della Pelle of Morris Township, a attorney with McKirdy & Riskin, P.A. of Morristown has been selected as the New Jersey member of the Owners’ Counsel of America, a nationwide network of experienced eminent domain attorneys who are dedicated to the defense of private property ownership.
Della Pelle succeeds his partner, Edward D. McKirdy, Esq., who previously served as the New Jersey member-attorney of Owners’ Counsel, devoted to representing landowners throughout the state. Read more here
On February 8, 2012, McKirdy & Riskin’s Thomas Olson and Richard DeAngelis served as panelists at the Morris County Bar Association’s Real Estate Tax Appeal seminar, held at the Morris County Courthouse. Tom provided an overview of the tax appeal process to the attorneys in the audience, while Rich discussed recent case law developments in the property tax field. Tom and Rich were joined on the panel by appraiser Matthew Krauser, CRE, FRICS, who spoke about valuation issues in property tax appeal matters.
Three attorneys from McKirdy & Riskin will be serving on the faculty of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority’s “Redevelopment Training Institute” on October 4 and 5, 2011. The course will be held at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton. Anthony Della Pelle, CRE, has been selected as the lead instructor, is coordinating the course, and will be presenting lectures on “Redevelopment Gone Right or Wrong” on October 4, and “Property Acquisition, Eminent Domain and Relocation” on October 5. John H. Buonocore will be leading a panel discussion on October 4 entitled “The Area in Need of Redevelopment”, and also presenting a panel with Richard DeAngelis later that day on “Recent Developments in Litigation”. For more information on the Redevelopment Training Institute, click here.
McKirdy & Riskin was recently selected as a top firm in the category of Construction and Real Estate by Super Lawyers Business Edition 2011. Six of McKirdy & Riskin’s nine attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, leading to the firm’s selection as a top firm in the Business Edition. The attorneys included in this edition were John Buonocore, Anthony Della Pelle, Jeffrey Lewis, Edward McKirdy, Thomas Olson, and Harry Riskin.
An arbitration panel has awarded $24 million to the former owners of commuter parking lots and industrial buildings adjacent to the PATH station in Harrison, New Jersey. McKirdy & Riskin’s Ed McKirdy, Tony Della Pelle and Rich DeAngelis served as counsel to the property owner in this matter. Read more in this article from the Star-Ledger.
