Construction Law Now Blog

New Jersey Turnpike officials recently announced that they expect to advertise approximately $800 million in Turnpike related construction projects to be completed by February 2012. The projects will include road widening, bridge deck, resurfacing, ...

With Marcellus Shale natural gas continuing to grow in demand, it has become increasingly important to update the rail systems used to transport the product. With this in mind, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on April 18, 2011, announced a ...

On April 8, 2011, the Commonwealth Financing Authority announced its approval of $6.5 million in new alternative and clean energy grants. According to C. Alan Walker, acting Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development, these ...

Two weeks ago, April 3-5, the 2011 PV America conference was held in Philadelphia. More than 3,000 attendees, including PV manufacturers, distributors and installers, industry financiers and project developers, converged upon the Pennsylvania ...

On April 12, 2011, the Pennsylvania Senate voted to pass House Bill 377 (HB 377). The Senate’s version of the bill contained some changes, and HB 377 was sent back to the House for a concurrence vote. A day later, the House voted to approve ...

Maryland Live! Casino, which broke ground in January of this year, is hosting an event on Monday, April 18, 2011, “for subcontractors, vendors and suppliers to participate in the construction of the $200 million project.” Casino management is ...

According to the Baltimore Business Journal, downtown Baltimore’s office vacancy rate is, amazingly, about 19%. A new task force, co-chaired by  J. Kirby Fowler, President of Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc. and Colin Tarbert, Deputy ...

The on-again-off-again Graterford Prison project has just met another hurdle. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s administration just announced that the Department of General Services will re-bid the project to include a new death row wing, and a ...

The Baltimore Business Journal reported on March 14, 2011, that, “Howard County (Maryland) is recruiting small and minority-owned businesses to help build the state’s $115 million “One Maryland Broadband network.” The proposed One Maryland ...

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Ms. Anne Klein, Senior Vice President of the Office Services Group of Grubb & Ellis’ Southern New Jersey Office, where she serves as a senior broker. With 26 years of experience in the ...