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    Christopher A. Erd

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    Christopher A. Erd, Esq. (Equity Member of Norris McLaughlin, P.A.):  Chris’s primary practice areas over his 30+ year career are land use and zoning; commercial and residential real estate sales, leases, and financing; commercial and residential real estate development and redevelopment; electric vehicles; commercial-scale solar energy; commercial-scale electric battery storage; retail liquor licenses; and environmental law.

    Throughout New Jersey, he has obtained numerous real estate development approvals for many millions of dollars’ worth of projects, closed many sales totaling millions of dollars, and prepared a great deal of many high value and long-term leases. His major client business areas include small to mid-sized businesses and individuals, as well as larger companies that need local counsel legal work, primarily in New Jersey, including commercial and residential real estate developers, commercial and industrial property owners and tenants, warehouses, shopping centers, restaurants, bars, hotels, gasoline stations, wholesale fuel suppliers, convenience stores, electric vehicle charging stations, solar energy providers, commercial electricity storage, and wireless telecommunications providers.  Chris regularly appears before NJ municipal Planning and Zoning Boards, in addition to other governmental boards and agencies.

    Chris was appointed by the NJ Supreme Court to the District XI Attorney Fee Arbitration Committee for several years and served as Chairperson. In addition, he was also for several years a member of and served as Chairperson of the Branchburg Township Zoning Board of Adjustment.  He also has held several other local government and community association elected and appointed positions.  In addition, Chris was a NJ Superior Court, Civil Division, trial level Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Christine L. Miniman, J.S.C. and later a Staff Attorney in the Central Appellate Research department of the NJ Superior Court, Appellate Division.

    Areas of practice

    • Real Estate, Finance, and Land Use
    • Environmental Law
    • Liquor Law, Licensing, Manufacturing, and Distribution
    • Solar Energy
    • Beer Law

    Education

      • New York School of Law
        • J.D., cum laude
      • Rutgers University, Cook College
        • B.S.

    Professional Affiliations

      • New Jersey State Bar Association
      • American Bar Association
      • Somerset County Bar Association
      • Meritas

    Bar Admissions

      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • U.S. District Court
        • District of New Jersey

    Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

    • Fogo de Chão is an upscale Brazilian Steakhouse with multiple locations. Having worked on the land use permits and negotiations for their Wayne, NJ location, Chris has successfully aided the restaurant to expand into Bridgwater, NJ. In April 2023, Erd was granted approval for Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse to prepare to open their restaurant located in Bridgewater Commons mall, which opened officially in July 2024.
    • Obtained Paramus Planning Board approval with variances for 8, Level 2, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCA) at Paramus Park Mall, Paramus, NJ for Volta Charging, LLC.
    • Assisted Viridity Energy Solutions, a leading developer of battery storage facilities, in obtaining zoning approval for a large battery storage project in Atlantic City for the Atlantic County Utilities Authority.
    • Obtained land use approvals for Ferrero USA, Inc., for an 88,457 SF addition and other related items for an existing warehouse, packaging and distribution facility in Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ
    • Obtained land use approvals for a new home in Plainfield, Union County, NJ, to be constructed by Habitat for Humanity for Greater Plainfield & Middlesex County
    • Working on liquor license and land use approvals for a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant at Willowbrook Mall, Wayne, Passaic County, NJ
    • Working on liquor license and land use approvals for a P.F. Chang’s China Bistro restaurant at Willowbrook Mall, Wayne, Passaic County, NJ
    • Continue to do real estate, land use, fuel supply agreement, and other related work for Waseem Petroleum and affiliated companies that own, operate, and lease dozens of gasoline service stations, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants throughout NJ
    • Work on various newspaper and advertising delivery and related disputes and other matters for CBA Industries, a company that delivers more than 10 million packages of newspapers and advertising materials each week in NJ, NY, and PA
    • Obtained liquor license and land use approvals for a Bravo Brio restaurant at Willowbrook Mall, Wayne, Passaic County, NJ
    • Obtained land use approvals for a 122 room Courtyard by Marriott in Wayne, Passaic County, NJ, for Jos. L Muscarelle, Inc.
    • Obtained land use approvals for a substantial expansion of several hundred thousand square feet of office space for Valley National Bank’s headquarters in Wayne, Passaic County, NJ
    • Obtained many land use approvals for substantial exterior renovations and comprehensive exterior sign plan for Willowbrook Mall, Wayne, Passaic County, NJ
    • Handled many commercial real estate and financing transactions involving the purchase and sales and leases of gasoline service stations, with and without associated convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and other related uses
    • Obtained many land use approvals for gasoline service stations, with and without associated convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and other related uses
    • Obtained many land use approvals for various retail, commercial, office, warehouse, hotel, wireless telecommunications, residential, and other projects
    • Handled many commercial and residential real estate and financing transactions involving purchase and sales and leases
    • Handled numerous NJ retail liquor license transfers, renewals, and related matters
    • Handled ISRA, Spill Act, and CERCLA matters
    • Handled environmental insurance coverage matters for both insured and insurers
    September 15, 2021
    Christopher Erd Speaks on New Jersey’s Increasing Expansion of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
    At the August 26, 2021 EV Coalition "EV Chargers at Places You Like to Go!," Norris McLaughlin Member and Land Use and Zoning attorney Christopher Erd participated in a collaborative discussion on Electric Vehicles (EV) with John Stuckey, Director of Site Development at Volta Charging, and Adam Bradford, Somerset County Senior Transportation Planner. The discussion was moderated by Leanne...

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    Publications

    • Quoted, “Board of Adjustment Approves Free Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations,” TAPinto, October 9, 2020
    • Quoted, “Buffalo Wild Wings to open at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne,” NorthJersey.com, August 30, 2018
    • Mentioned, “Ferrero USA Gains Approval For 88,000-Square-Foot Addition,” Franklin Reporter & Advocate, June 20, 2018
    • Quoted, “Wayne approves plans for 121-room extended stay hotel,” NorthJersey.com, September 13, 2017
    • “EV Chargers at Places You Like to Go!,” EV Coalition, Webinar, August 26, 2021
    • “Reimagining Land Use Boards during COVID-19”, Somerset County Bar Association, Webinar, May 6, 2021
    • “The Interplay and Intersection Between Real Estate and Environmental Law in Transactions,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, May 7, 2019
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