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Cameron W. MacLeod
Partner
Trenton, NJ
Partner
Trenton, NJ
Cameron regularly represents developers of industrial, commercial, and residential projects throughout the state of New Jersey as part of the land use and redevelopment process. His practice has a particular emphasis on addressing affordable housing issues and land use/zoning litigation.
He works with clients to design and execute permitting plans that limit risk and time in the permitting process. Often, this requires securing redevelopment designations, preparing favorable redevelopment plans or plan amendments, negotiating and securing financial agreements and PILOTs, or rezoning a property, in addition to guiding applications for development before the municipal planning or zoning boards. Cameron regularly appears in front of planning and zoning boards on behalf of residential and mixed-use developers, nonprofits, commercial and industrial developers, corporations, and business owners throughout New Jersey.
He is also experienced in land use and property litigation, having represented property owners and trade associations in prosecuting and defending challenges to local land use approvals and regulatory actions by municipalities, including declaratory judgment and constitutional compliance litigation related to affordable housing issues, actions in lieu of prerogative writ, quiet title actions, and actions for discharge of deed restrictions and restrictive covenants. In addition, he has been involved in briefing on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association before the Appellate Division and Supreme Court of New Jersey in significant matters related to land development in New Jersey.
Represented pharmaceutical company in doubling manufacturing facility capacity
Represented developer in parking expansion for existing site
Represented residential developer in approvals to construct 150 age-restricted homes where zoning variance was required
Represented homeowner seeking to subdivide and construct two homes on an oversized lot following Superstorm Sandy
Represented residential developer in multiple approvals for phased multifamily development as part of long-term industrial redevelopment
Represented retail developer in approval of new construction retail shopping plaza
Represented affordable housing developer in permitting and construction of housing project with preference for formerly homeless veterans
Represented franchisees of national restaurant chains seeking municipal permits and approvals for development as part of nationwide rebranding campaign
Represented group of homeowners in contesting unilateral extension of affordability controls in condominium associations
Represented interested party in fairness hearing reviewing the settlement of a Mt. Laurel declaratory judgment case
Represented redeveloper in negotiation of redevelopment agreement and various amendments thereof
Represented redeveloper in negotiation of redevelopment plan amendments and wholesale revisions of redevelopment agreement and sub-project agreements and in securing land use approvals for proposed redevelopment
Represented redeveloper in securing land use approvals for warehouse space and associated litigation
Represented developer in securing land use approvals for certain signage on warehouse building
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
The College of Wooster, B.A., cum laude
Law clerk, Somerset County Office of the Prosecutor, Somerville, NJ, 2012-2013
Law clerk, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania 2010
Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Land Use / Zoning
Included on the New Jersey Law Journal “New Leaders of the Bar” list, 2022