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Kelly E. Brennan
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Kelly E. Brennan

Associate

973.849.4160
Newark
kbrennan@mccarter.com

Clients appreciate Kelly's ability to guide them through complex real estate transactions.

Kelly Brennan represents clients in many aspects of commercial real estate, including financing, acquisitions, dispositions, land use and zoning, and leasing.

She assists clients in securing many types of commercial real estate lending, including permanent and interim financing and construction financing; negotiates purchase and sale agreements; drafts and negotiates leases, subleases, ground leases, and lease renewals; and obtains planning board and zoning board of adjustment approvals for residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use projects.

During law school, Kelly served as a judicial extern in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ Complex Litigation Center, Philadelphia’s mass tort program, and as a judicial intern to the Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Representative Matters

The Birch Group—Acquisition

Represented privately owned commercial real estate investor, owner, and operator The Birch Group in acquiring an 80-unit apartment complex for $42.85 million. 

The Birch Group—Acquisition

Represented privately owned commercial real estate investor, owner, and operator The Birch Group in the acquisition of the 42 story, 1.4 million-square-foot office building known as the Merrill Lynch Building, located at 101 Hudson Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, for $346 million. To finance the acquisition, we negotiated the assumption of a $250 million commercial mortgage-backed security loan, negotiated an operating agreement for a $78 million preferred equity investment, and assisted in securing $70 million in common equity.

Property management company—Sale

Represented a property management company in the sale of seven apartment complexes located throughout New Jersey.

Large insurance company—Financings

Negotiated a number of loans secured by real property portfolios for this large insurance company.

Real estate investor/owner—Office building acquisition

Represented a privately owned commercial real estate investor, owner, and operator, in acquiring a 348,501-square-foot office property in Lake Success, New York for $62 million. 

Real estate investor/owner—Office buildings acquisition

Represented a privately owned commercial real estate investor, owner, and operator in acquiring four Class A office buildings totaling more than 840,000-square-feet of space in Short Hills, New Jersey for $255 million.

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Recognitions

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The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, New Jersey, 2021–2023
Ranking Disclaimers: No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For The Best Lawyers in America methodology, see https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology.

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Services

Real Estate
Land Use/Zoning
Leasing
Real Estate Acquisitions & Development
Real Estate Finance

Education

Rutgers Law School JD, 2014
Rutgers University BA, magna cum laude, 2009

Bar Admissions

New Jersey
New York

Judicial Clerkships

Judicial Intern
The Hon. Dennis M. Cavanaugh, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

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Leadership Newark
Fellow

Newark Museum of Art
Business and Community Council Board Member

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The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 153 McCarter Attorneys in 2023 Referral Guide; Names Four “Lawyer of the Year”
The Best Lawyers in America
8.19.2022
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