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Meryl A Gonchar

Meryl A Gonchar

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One Riverfront Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102

Real Estate, Land Use / Zoning and Construction / Development

About Meryl A Gonchar

Meryl A Gonchar is a lawyer practicing real estate, land use / zoning, construction / development. Meryl received a B.A. degree from Rutgers University in 1978, and has been licensed for 45 years. Meryl practices at Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. in Newark, NJ.

Meryl A Gonchar (Newark, New Jersey)

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Champion Badge Gold

At least six reviews and a score of 4.2 or higher.

Champion Badge Platinum

At least ten reviews and a score of 4.5 or higher.

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Meryl A Gonchar got this award in 2021

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Areas of Law

  • Real Estate
  • Other 2
    • Land Use / Zoning
    • Construction / Development

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Member
    Firm Name
    Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Obtained preliminary
    final site plan approval for mixed-use redevelopment project including 424 residential units, 25,000 square feet of retail space
    structured parking with extensive park
    open space.
    Obtained minor subdivision approval
    preliminary
    final site plan approval for a 45 acre 380,540 square foot warehouse building.
    Obtained site plan approval
    use variance for a six-story mixed-use building comprised of five stories of residential units over a first floor containing commercial space in Hoboken. The project was approved for 44 residential units, 44 parking spaces
    commercial use to be occupied by a local theater company for studio
    children's theater space as well as a small retail area. The building will be developed to achieve LEED Platinum accreditation.
    Obtained preliminary
    final major site plan approval together with a use
    bulk variances to permit modifications to an existing vacant industrial building in Hoboken to permit the building to be used for retail, commercial recreational,
    commercial/office uses. The proposed commercial recreational use is a three-story rock climbing gym facility
    retail
    office are proposed for other portions of the building.
    As part of a leading real estate industry association's acquisition of a parcel of property in central NJ to be used as the group's new headquarters, h
    led an application for preliminary
    final site plan approval
    variance relief to construct a mixed-use structure in a designated municipal redevelopment area. The project comprises a 20,850 square foot three-story building with leasable commercial space on the ground floor
    offices on the second
    third floors.
    Obtained preliminary
    final site plan approval for a mixed-use commercial
    residential project in Atlantic Highl
    s, to be comprised of 18 residential units
    commercial space.
    Obtained preliminary
    final site plan approval
    d height variance for a new football stadium to be built on the campus of a leading New Jersey university.
    Negotiated a redevelopment plan
    redevelopment agreement,
    obtained subdivision approval to create four building lots
    site plan approval for a 2,500+ parking space structured parking facility on the ON3 campus in Nutley.
    Obtained preliminary
    final site plan approval for a 250,000 square foot office
    laboratory facility with a parking space structured parking facility on the ON3 campus in Clifton.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1981, New Jersey
    1981, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
    Memberships

    Affiliations

    Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
    Former Member, Advisory Board, Center for Real Estate, Rutgers Business School
    Member, Board of Directors and Trustee, NAIOP NJ
    - Co-Chair, NAIOP 2019 Gala
    - Former Vice President, Associates Affairs
    Member, Board of Directors, New Jersey Builders Association
    - Former Chair, Master Sponsor Program
    - Member, Legislative Committee
    Member, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW NJ)
    - Past President, CREW-NJ Chapter (1998)
    - Former Chapter Delegate, national CREW Network
    Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
    - Past Chair and Emeritus Member, Board of Trustees, Land Use Law Section
    - Former Member, Board of Trustees, Women in the Profession Section
    - Member, Legislative Committee
    - Member, CLE Committee
    Former Member, American Bar Association
    - Former Member, Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
    - Former Member, State and Local Government Law Section
    Former Member, Board of Trustees, Middlesex County Bar Association
    Member, ICSC
    Member, Metropolitan Builders & Contractors Association of New Jersey
    Member, Urban Land Institute Northern New Jersey Chapter
    Former Member, Executive Women of New Jersey, Board of Directors
    Member, Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute Program Advisory Committee
    - Member, Leadership Excellence Award Dinner Planning Committee
    Former Member, Board of Trustees, Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey (Middlesex and Monmouth Counties)
    - Former President, Women's Philanthropy
    Former Vice President, New Jersey State Association of Jewish Federations
    Former Member, Board of Directors, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Rutgers School of Law
    Class of 1981
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Rutgers University
    Class of 1978
    B.A.
    cum laude
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1956
    New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 16, 1956

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