Jack Fersko, co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department, is set to participate in the 3rd Annual New Jersey Commercial Real Estate Forecast Summit, to be presented by the Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal on June 30, 2016 from 8:00am – 12:00pm at the APA Hotel Woodbridge in Iselin, New Jersey.
Mr. Fersko will moderate a panel discussion on “Opportunities in the Industrial Real Estate Market & Outlook for 2016/2017” at 8:55am. The presentation will include an industrial market update and will focus on the future of developing industrial projects and what types of projects are in the pipeline. Panelists will also discuss related issues including how much space will be needed in the next 5 years, how much land will be required, where industrial development is headed (urban vs. rural), what projects are getting finished in the short & long term, and the future forecast & trends for industrial real estate in New Jersey.
Mr. Fersko’s practice reflects his extensive experience as a commercial real estate and general business lawyer. His legal services emphasize industrial and commercial real estate activities, with a particular focus on industrial leasing, project financing, sustainable development and alternative energy initiatives, urban redevelopment, and the impact of environmental laws on commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition and redevelopment of environmentally contaminated sites. He has successfully negotiated numerous real estate agreements involving complex environmental transactional issues and related insurance agreements.
Mr. Fersko’s participation in high-value real estate transactions in New Jersey includes his leading a team of lawyers as real estate, land use and public finance counsel to a major private equity firm, his involvement in one of the largest portfolio sales of industrial real estate to be completed in New Jersey in recent years, and his key role throughout the planning, financing and construction phases of one of the country’s largest roof-mounted solar energy installations. He recently was part of the winning team of professionals receiving the highly coveted “Industrial Deal of the Year” award from NAIOP New Jersey, leading his firm’s work on the Elizabeth Logistics Center project in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Additional conference information and registration details can be found by clicking here.