As chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, Mark handles commercial real estate transactions of all kinds, advising owners, investors, developers, purchasers, landlords, tenants, and municipalities, on a variety of real estate matters, including acquisition, financing, leasing, and disposition. His experience runs to all commercial real estate property types, including retail, hospitality, office, industrial, mixed-use and multi-family.
Mark also regularly represents institutional and private lenders, as well as borrowers, in commercial lending transactions, including real estate secured loans and asset-based lending. He has many years of experience representing developers of commercial, residential and mixed-use common interest communities, where, working in close proximity with surveyors and engineers, he prepares the declaration, public offering statement, and other formation documents, and drafts the myriad of rules, covenants and restrictions, and policies, that are needed to ensure that the communities both serve the requirements of his clients, and function effectively and efficiently.
Mark prides himself on effectively managing complicated transactions, involving multiple parties, with many moving parts, and on approaching each project with the attention to detail, and thoroughness, that is required. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Connecticut in the area of Real Estate Law in the 2010-2019 editions of Chambers USA, where he has attracted praise as "a real talent” who is “extremely efficient and very responsive” in his approach.
CREDENTIALS
HONORS & AWARDS
Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2013-2020
Best Lawyers in America®, Community Associations, 2017-2020
Chambers USA, Real Estate Law, 2010-2019
Martindale Hubbell, AV Peer Review Rated
Super Lawyers, Real Estate, 2013-2019
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County, Inc., Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Jewish Community Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors
Bridgeport Regional Business Council, Past Board of Directors
Leadership Greater Bridgeport, Past Chair Board of Directors
Congregation B'nai Israel, Past President
Jewish Center for Community Services, Inc., Past Board of Directors and Past Chair, Allocations Committee
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Connecticut Bar Association
• Real Property Section, Executive Committee
New York Bar Association
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
• Real Estate Committee
Community Associations Institute, Connecticut Chapter
Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut, Fairfield/Westchester Chapter
