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 banking institutions in dozens of commercial mortgage, construction and asset-based loan transactions annually (in Pennsylvania and Delaware)

• Representing three of the “Big Four” wireless telephone carriers and several other major national wireless providers in obtaining zoning and land use approvals throughout Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania

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

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

• Representing national and regional builders in a wide array of real estate matters, including land acquisition, homeowners associations, title and financing

• Representing the seller of a $72 million real estate portfolio

• 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

Honors and Awards

• Awarded the AV (Preeminent) rating by Martindale-Hubbell

Memberships and Affiliations

• Board of Directors, The Land Trust for Southern Chester County (2018 to present)

• Board of Directors, Historic Kennett Square (2013 to 2017)

• Assistant Editor, Pennsylvania Bar Association Real Property Law Newsletter (1998-2003)

• Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Real Estate Advisory Board (1998-2003)

• Commercial Industrial Investment Council of Chester County

• Stively Inn of Court

Publications

• Jon has contributed to more than a dozen real estate law books published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute