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Justine A. DelVecchio
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Justine’s practice encompasses the acquisition, sale and financing of commercial real estate properties, as well as redevelopment and land use matters. Her efforts help the firm’s clients maintain a clear path toward meeting their project objectives and operational goals.

She has significant involvement in the full lifecycle of a transaction, handling the preparation of foundational documents and helping manage the due diligence process through to the closing of the deal. She plays a key role in the structuring and closing of loans for commercial transactions, managing the preparation of complex financing documentation and ensuring all lender requirements are met throughout the due diligence process.

On the redevelopment front, Justine is involved with the coordination of site plan and other land use applications and related representation before governing bodies. She serves as a resource for projects requiring specialized gap financing through the procurement of economic incentives, assisting clients in navigating the administrative complexities and compliance hurdles of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (EDA) Aspire Program and other state incentive programs.

In the area of community association law, Justine serves as a resource for associations throughout New Jersey on a variety of general representation matters. She is dedicated to meeting the operational needs of her clients, drafting and negotiating vendor contracts and modernizing governing documents, including master deeds, bylaws, and resolutions. 

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 2020
  • New York, 2021

Education

  • New York Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2020
  • University of Maryland, B.A., , 2016, Government & Politics
  • University of Maryland, B.A., , 2016, American Studies

Recognition

  • Listed in Super Lawyers - New Jersey Rising Stars (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Real Estate practice area (2025-present)

Rated by SuperLawyers Rising Stars Justine A. DelVecchio 2026

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Representative Matters

As an associate, Justine provides essential support in the firm’s representation of clients in numerous matters, including the following:

  • Representing The Lions Group, a family-owned real estate development, construction and property management firm, in connection with its transformational redevelopment project at Journal Square in Jersey City, projected to contain 360 residential units over 34 stories, retail space and a public thoroughfare to the Journal Square train station. Our representation includes preparation of applications to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for up to $90 million in tax credits under the Aspire Program and more than $13 million dollars more in LIHTC from the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. The firm's work further involves environmental remediation oversight, residential master lease preparation, financing for approximately $300 million dollars with one of the largest financial institutions in the world and preparation of condominium formation documents.  Read more about this project.
  • Representing The Ramani Group and its affiliates in the phased redevelopment of a $500 million, 1,300-unit mixed-use residential and retail project in Plainfield, including multi-site acquisitions, redevelopment agreements, planning approvals, and complex financing. The firm’s work includes securing $26 million in permanent financing, structuring a $60 million construction loan for Phase II, and advising on entity restructuring to satisfy lender collateral requirements.
  • Represented a New York-based full-service real estate firm and its affiliates, with holdings throughout the country, in the redevelopment and approval of a $75 million portfolio of industrial outdoor storage properties in Delanco, successfully challenging restrictive zoning through litigation, securing adoption of a redevelopment plan, and obtaining municipal approvals enabling implementation of the client’s business model. The buildings totaled more than one million square feet leased to more than 80 tenants.
  • Represented the owner of an aging and dilapidated motel in Woodbridge in the redevelopment of the property into a multifamily community with an affordable housing component. The representation included negotiating redevelopment and financial agreements with tax abatements, construction and bridge financing, and affordable housing compliance, including a novel municipal arrangement and a rent control exemption for market-rate units. In the final phase of the project, the firm advised on permanent financing collateralized for securitization, enabling the client to retain its existing corporate structure and achieve substantial cost savings.
  • Successfully represented the Islamic Center of Passaic County in securing municipal and county approvals for a $25 million community center in Paterson and the expansion of its mosque in Clifton, prevailing before the Clifton Planning Board following protracted hearings and testimony and overcoming significant neighborhood opposition. Read more about this matter.
  • Retained by Soojian Brothers Construction, a family-owned general contracting firm specializing in commercial projects related to its redevelopment of a blighted former gas station in Pompton Lakes into a 23-unit mixed-income multifamily project. Our work included the negotiation of amendments to an existing redevelopment plan, a redevelopment agreement, a tax exemption/financial agreement, and an off-site parking license agreement, as well as the negotiation of easements with a neighboring property owner and the County of Passaic.
  • The firm is advising the prospective developer of an iconic building in downtown Trenton on a transformative adaptive reuse redevelopment. Our work includes a redevelopment plan to preserve the building’s historic façade and the negotiation of a PILOT agreement.

Memberships

  • American Bar Association: Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, Young Lawyers Division
  • Community Associations Institute New Jersey Chapter: Editorial Committee, 2026 Vice Chair 
  • NAIOP New Jersey

Personal

  • Recipient of a merit-based Dean's Scholarship at New York Law School
  • While attending law school, Justine was a member of the Dean's Leadership Council, the Mock Trial team, the Innovation Center for Law and Technology (for which she earned an Intellectual Property Law Certificate), and the USPTO Patent Clinic.

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