The sale of the Webb Avenue Multi-Family Residential Project in the Town of Harrison has successfully closed, with David Steinmetz, Michael Zarin and Kate Feinman representing seller RPW Group. Additionally, the team assisted the joint venture between RPW and NRP in obtaining a simultaneous Industrial Development Agency (IDA) closing alongside property acquisition and construction financing....

Zarin & Steinmetz secured a negative declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) from the Piermont Planning Board. The project aims to revitalize a long-vacant and blighted property in the heart of the Village’s downtown area, which has stood as a reminder of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Partner Lee Lefkowitz represented the...

Partner Jody Cross successfully represented Eating Disorder Treatment of New York and Monte Nido & Affiliates through the approval process for a proposed 24/7 residential facility for girls with eating disorders in West Nyack, Town of Clarkstown. Approval was obtained under the Padavan Law, which is aimed at establishing smaller residential group home settings for...

Zarin & Steinmetz congratulates its client Azorim on last week’s opening of Miroza Tower III, which is located adjacent to the Ridge Hill Shopping Center and is the third residential tower to be completed by Azorim within the Ridge Hill community. This exciting project includes a 184-apartment rental building, featuring affordable housing units and amenities,...

Representing the purchaser, Jacob Amir spearheaded our client’s $14 million acquisition of an approximate 3 acres parcel in lower Westchester, including negotiating continued environmental remediation and obligations of various stakeholders. This purchase is part of a multi-tiered transaction, which also includes the anticipated formation of a long-term ground lease to occupy other commercial property for...

Lee J. Lefkowitz and Jaclyn Cohen, representing a property owner in Ossining, defeated a neighbor’s property owner’s motion for summary judgment in a case seeking to litigate a boundary-line dispute. As a defense, Z&S raised a claim of adverse possession, which Judge Janet Malone agreed raised a triable issue of fact sufficient to preclude the...

This week, Daniel Richmond and Kate Feinman obtained from the Town of Southeast Planning Board Site Plan, Conditional Use Permit, Architectural, and Wetland Permit Approval for a two-building logistics center/distribution facility, totaling 200,000 sf, with associated parking and loading spaces on a vacant property. Earlier this year, Dan and Kate also received approval of a...

Zarin & Steinmetz congratulates and celebrates their client Asahi Shuzo on the grand opening of their state of the art, 55,000 s.f. “Dassai Blue Sake Brewery ” in the Town of Hyde Park this past weekend. Michael Zarin and Kate (Roberts) Feinman have been working with Asahi Shuzo for the past five years to secure...

Representing the purchasers, David Steinmetz and Jacob Amir closed on our clients’ multi-million acquisition of the Kohlberg Estate in Westchester, a 200 acre residential property with a working farm, staff residences, workshop and barn, a lake and other expansive scenic features. The transaction began with extensive negotiations toward a contract of sale with multiple riders,...

The City of Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals approved variances sought by Z&S Partners Jacob Amir and Daniel Richmond on behalf of our client, who is seeking to develop a seven-story residential building with 36 apartments, off-street parking spaces, open space, and access points from two parallel streets. With design and engineering consulting participation from...