Marc D. Brookman

Marc D. Brookman

Marc D. Brookman practices in the areas of real estate development, acquisition and disposition, zoning and land use, common interest documentation, leasing and senior housing.

Mr. Brookman is secretary of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation and the former chairman of the Philadelphia District Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Mr. Brookman is the President of the Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance, a collaborative initiative of various organizations in Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey counties from Mercer County south and Delaware. Alliance members, which number more than 180 organizations, include land use policy groups, developers, state and county governments, environmental groups, universities and colleges, economic development groups and the Urban Land Institute.

Mr. Brookman has served as the chair of the Housing Committee of the Urban, State and Local Government Section, and is a current member of the subcommittees on Office Leasing and Mixed-Use Projects of the Development and Financing of Condominiums Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Brookman is also a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and a former executive committee member of the Real Property Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

He is a founder and former president of the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. A frequent lecturer on real estate law, he is a graduate of Temple University School of Law and a graduate of Temple University.

Areas Of Practice

· Real Estate Development

· Real Estate Acquisition and Disposition

· Zoning and Land Use

· Leasing

· Common Interest Documentation

· Senior Housing and Work Force

Representative Matters

· Represented Las Vegas Sands Corporation in connection with the obtaining of a casino permit and entitlements for construction of $900,000,000 hotel/casino and retail center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The site, the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation site, is the largest brownfield site in the eastern part of the United States. The casino expects to open during the second quarter of 2009.

· Representation of seller in the sale, structuring and rezoning of a mixed-use development including a regional hospital, 1 million square feet of retail space, 750 residential units and 500,000 square feet of office space.

· Representation of developer in connection with the approval of a transit oriented development proposed for 340 housing units and 48,000 square feet of boutique, class A office space.

· Representation of health system in rezoning of an inner-ring suburban site for mixed-use development including health care, retail, creation of parking authority, office, affordable and market sale housing, historic preservation, and transit oriented development.

· Representation of developer in a transit oriented development approved for 250 housing units.

· Representation of developer in an adaptive reuse of historic buildings creating a total of 1,200 housing units in an urban setting.

· Representation of developer in the structuring of a residential community and golf club.

· Representation of developer in the purchase of 100 acre urban site for redevelopment into mixed development.

Professional Activities

· American Bar Association
- Urban, State and Local Government Law Section
-- Former Chairperson, Housing Committee
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
-- Development and Financing of Condominiums Committee
--- Mixed-Use Projects Subcommittee
--- Office Leasing Subcommittee

· Pennsylvania Bar Association
-Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

· Philadelphia Bar Association
- Former Executive Committee Member, Real Property Section

· The Urban Land Institute
- Member of the District Council Executive Committee
- Former Vice Chairman, Development, Affordable Housing Council
- Former Chairman, Philadelphia District Council
- Member of the Residential Council

· Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of the Community Associations Institute
- Founder and Former President

Experience

· Duane Morris LLP
- Chair, Real Estate Practice Group

Board Memberships

· Consortium for Sustainable Design and Research
- Advisory Board

Civic and Charitable Activities

· Past President, Golden Slipper Club and Charities

· Vice President, Central Philadelphia Development Corporation
- Executive Committee, 1994-present
- Vice-President, 1996-present
- Treasurer, 1995-1996

Selected Publications

· "Real Estate Tax Assessment" in Real Estate Transactions: Home Owners Associations and Planned Unit Developments: Law and Forms, ed. by Patrick J. Rohan (New York: Matthew Bender, 1991).

· "Taxation in PUD and Condominium Developments: Is There a Cause for a New Revolution?" Real Estate Law Journal, Vol. V., No. 1 (Summer 1976).

Selected Speaking Engagements

· Moderator, "On the Front Line of Home Sales," 2006 Building Industry Association of Philadelphia Housing Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 20, 2006

· Moderator, "Siting the Casinos: Zoning and Land-Use Challenges," Pennsylvania Gaming Congress, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 6-7, 2006

· Moderator, Building Industry Association of Philadelphia 2004 Housing Conference, September 2004

· "Why Philadelphia and Why Now," panel discussion hosted by the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 22, 2004

· Speaker, "Smart Growth = Financial Security," Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance 3rd Annual Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5, 2006

· Chair, "Smart Growth Leadership Issues Forum," Urban Land Institute program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16, 2003

· "Successful Housing Projects," Annual Housing Conference of the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2003

· "Non-Profit and Private Sector Views on Smart Growth," panel discussion hosted by the Department of Community and Regional Planning, Ambler, Pennsylvania, May 1, 2003

· "Perspectives on Smart Growth," Urban Land Institute Philadelphia District Council in association with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 14, 2000

· "Smart Growth," 28th National Spring Conference on the Environment sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Environmental Law, Potomac, Maryland, June 4, 1999

· "1988 v. 1998: Is Real Estate Repeating Itself?" the Urban Land Institute Philadelphia District Council annual program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1998

· "Living in Center City," program sponsored by Central Philadelphia Development Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1998

· "Adding Assisted Living to Your Existing Services," program sponsored by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, July 1997

· "The New Uniform Planned Community Act," program sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Chester and Delaware Counties, West Chester, Pennsylvania, March 1997

· "Educating Our Children: America's Greatest Challenge," program sponsored by the Urban Land Institute, San Francisco, California, November 1996

· "What You Need to Know at the Beginning So Your Condominium/Homeowners Association Won't Trouble You at the End," program sponsored by the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of the Community Associations Institute and the Builders League of South Jersey, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, February 1993

· Future Directions for Long Term Care Facilities," Fourth Annual Atlantic Builders Conference and the 43rd Annual New Jersey Builders Association Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 1992

· "Zoning and Municipality Perspective," Special Problems in the Development, Financing and Operation of Mixed-Use Projects, meeting of the Subcommittee on Mixed-Use Projects on the Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the American Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1991

· Presenter, University of Pennsylvania's Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 13 through February 20, 2004