James P. Carlon

PARTNER

Jim handles commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States. He represents developers in construction and permanent financing, acquisitions, sales and other sophisticated transactions, as well as commercial real estate owners and tenants in lease transactions. Jim also has years of experience helping clients with diverse commercial real estate asset transactions, such as office developments, retail property and apartment complexes.

Education

• New York Law School, 1999, Magna Cum Laude

• Fairfield University, 1996, Cum Laude

Representative Matters

• Represented national REIT in the acquisition of numerous parcels of improved and unimproved land for the development and redevelopment of multifamily apartment projects

• Represented international reinsurance company in over 200,000 square feet of leasing transactions for a trophy asset in Fairfield County, CT

• Served as national leasing counsel to an international perfume manufacturer and retailer

• Represented purchaser on the $15,000,000 acquisition of a multi-tenant office building in Stamford, CT

• Represented purchaser of legacy A&P supermarket assets following the company’s liquidation

Publications and Presentations

• 2017 Panel Moderator “Real Estate Investing: Challenges and Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing Landscape” presented by the Family Office Association in West Palm Beach, Florida

• 2016 Broker Bootcamp present to CBRE Group, Stamford, Connecticut

• “Of Vice and Medicine: A Catholic Perspective on Marijuana Legalization in the United States”
  (to be published on Catholiclink.org in 2018).
  

Honors/Distinctions

• Elected Commissioner on the Town of Weston, CT Planning and Zoning Commission (2013-Present)

• Board Member: Fairfield County Bar Association (2014-2018)

• Recipient of the 2012 Advocate of the Year for pro-bono legal service to the Young Adult Institute, NY, NY

Military Awards

• National Defense Service Medal

• Army Service Ribbon

• Two (2) Army Commendation Medals

• Army Reserve Achievement Medal