Jon’s practice focuses on real estate, lending and business transactions.  He primarily represents developers, investors, institutions and lenders in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing and transfer of real estate. Representative transactions include:

• Representing the nation's largest insurance company in the sale of office buildings throughout Pennsylvania

• Representing a regional real estate investment company in the acquisition, development, leasing and sale of numerous office, retail, industrial and residential projects throughout eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware

• Representing an international private equity fund in the acquisition of a brownfields development project, including 1300 apartment sites and 50,000 square feet of office space

• Representing the region’s leading banks and lending institutions in commercial mortgage, construction and asset-based loan transactions (in Pennsylvania and Delaware) 

• Obtaining zoning and land use approvals for three of the “Big Four” wireless telephone carriers and other major developers for telecommunications towers and facilities throughout Delaware, including New Castle County, Kent County, Sussex County, the City of Wilmington, City of Dover, City of Newark and the Town of Smyrna.  

• Representing two of the “Big Four” wireless telephone carriers in dozens of lease transactions in multiple states

• Representing multi-state convenience store and restaurant chains in the acquisition and transfer of liquor licenses throughout Pennsylvania

• Advising landlords (including developers and owners of malls, hotels, shopping centers, and other commercial real estate) in matters relating to liquor licenses  

• Handling all aspects of several recent shopping center, hotel, office park and mixed-use projects. Representation includes joint venture agreements, land acquisition, financing, land development, condominium documentation, easement agreements, construction contracts, and lease negotiations with national and regional tenants

• Representing buyers and sellers of businesses

• Preparing condominium documentation for office parks, mixed uses projects, and other commercial and residential developments

• Representing purchasers of environmentally-impaired brownfields sites (including farms, gasoline stations and landfills) for redevelopment

• Representing numerous developers and investors in the purchase, sale and development of land and real estate projects of every type and size