Overview
James McCann’s practice encompasses the areas of acquisition, sale and 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.
Jim has been a real estate practitioner in Jersey City for over 25 years, handling complex land use and permitting matters. He has extensive experience 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. He focuses on the negotiation of tax abatement agreements with municipalities under New Jersey’s Long Term Tax Exemption Law and other tax abatement statutes. Jim 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 Tax Exemption Law. Jim has prepared and registered numerous applications for registration of public offering statements with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for mixed-use and high-rise condominium buildings. He has substantial 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 regional and small real estate developers, many of whom have developed notable projects contributing to Jersey City’s real estate renaissance.
Jim 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.
Practice Areas
Education
New York Law School (J.D., 1985)
Albright College (A.B., 1982)
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey