Lawsuit

The former owners of the prominent Bergen-Lafayette property claim that the new owners engaged in a conspiracy to deflate the parcel’s value before selling it to a straw buyer at a below-market price.

Communipaw Avenue gas station files lawsuit over commercial property tax ordinance after questions about their inclusion in the SID went unanswered by the city.

A Maryland man with a litigious history and an oft-stated desire to run a train line has filed a lawsuit seeking to derail Metro Plaza’s redevelopment, claiming that old Conrail tracks that formerly occupied the property were never legally and properly abandoned.

Newark filed a lawsuit saying that New York City is violating interstate commerce rules by coercing families to sign leases for illegal and uninhabitable apartments.

A Clifton-based company purchased the parcel last year but has allegedly not performed a required an environmental cleanup at the land, which has contaminated groundwater and soil according to state officials.

A legal settlement permitting the city to purchase an acre of land in exchange for allowing greater development density at properties owned by Academy Bus will be debated, along with an $8.1 million bond ordinance that would fund the deal.

A non-profit has taken the city to court over their residential rezoning of a large Communipaw Avenue property that was allegedly set aside for a park expansion.

The developer of Lincoln Harbor is taking the town to court over an ordinance they claim retroactively limits building heights and adds public parking requirements to a redevelopment agreement.

Monmouth Park has the inside track on taking the first sports bets in New Jersey, but several other facilities could be up and running within the next few months.

Following a lawsuit over rejected proposals to revitalize a warehouse in The Heights, the city has agreed to a deal that would adaptively reuse and expand the building.