Real Estate Professionals

We assist our real estate clients with helping choose a site based on natural resource surveys and regulatory requirements. We perform feasibility studies which will assess the probability of a successful project, predict timelines, and help you evaluate returns on investment. In addition, we will acquire all necessary regulatory and municipal approvals, work with the local community, resolve enforcement actions, and provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable project impacts on local environmental and cultural resources.

Services Provided

Environmental Site Evaluation Feasibility Studies
Regulatory Compliance
Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Surveys
Archaeological and Cultural Resource Surveys
Forest Stand Surveys
Environmental Impact Statements
Public Outreach & Education
Project & Program Management
Compensatory Credit Purchases & Marketing
Mitigation Planning, Implementation & Monitoring

“In my experience working with Ken going back over three decades, I have to say there are very few specialists with his knowledge and expertise. Ken has a mindset of finding solutions that benefits his clients and their projects. No one works harder for his clients.”

—J. Peter Borbas PLS, PP

Federal and State agencies maintain databases of areas where rare, threatened, and endangered species are known or thought to exist or where there may be suitable habitat to support them. In these cases, we conduct a site survey to determine whether suitable habitat exists or to detect whether the species in question are using the site for breeding.

  • Barred Owl (Strix varia) and Bog Turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) on the site of two proposed residential developments in Roxbury, NJ.
  • The State threatened Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpa) on a proposed residential development site in Mount Olive, NJ.
  • Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo linetus) for a site of proposed residential developments in Denville NJ and Barnards, NJ.
  • Wildlife Survey at a proposed retail development site in Readington, NJ.

Increasingly, jurisdictions require, and tenants demand that sustainability planning and green infrastructure be elements of building and grounds designs. EcoLogic Solutions can help you find the right cutting-edge technology to enhance the overall quality of new real estate developments and retrofits of existing ones.

Green Roof Researchers Alliance (GRRA), New York City

Co-founded and assembled a consortium of over 60 researchers, educators, and policymakers from 21 different institutions to conduct cutting-edge research into the benefits and science of green roofs in New York City. The GRRA explores and advocates for political, regulatory, and financial incentives to incorporate green roofs into new building design and existing structure retrofits

We will help you navigate the regulatory maze and gain support for a project that provides for a livable tomorrow. Increasingly, local ordinances and state and federal regulations require development projects to avoid environmental impacts, minimize and compensate for unavoidable effects. Moreover, these restrictions can change between the times of project inception and the need for regulatory approvals.

Briarcrest East and Ramtown Knolls, New Jersey

Provided Environmental Impact Statement, a woodland management plan inventory, and wetlands delineations for several proposed residential real estate developments in Howell Township.

Brookville Manor, Barnegat, New Jersey

This real estate development project required approvals from the NJDEP as well municipal approvals, and a Coastal Areas Facility Review Act (CAFRA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Performed a wetlands delineation, and acquired all necessary permits, and prepared the CAFRA EIS to allow this project to proceed.

Meadowlands Interagency Regulatory Committee, New Jersey

Co-founded and served as an officer for an interagency committee created to guide aspects of the project that will impact regulated wetlands and Waters of the US within the New Jersey Meadowlands. This committee guides proposed plans from the conceptual stage through to compensatory mitigation if required.

Our team will obtain approvals at all levels for a project as local, State, and Federal regulations and ordinances require approvals for unavoidable impacts to an expanding array of environmental media. These often conflicting requirements between overlapping jurisdictions restrictions can change between project inception and the need for regulatory approvals.

Golden Oaks, Bergen County, New Jersey

Performed a wetland delineation and data collection on the subject property and obtained all necessary approvals from NJDEP to allow the construction of this residential development project. This included coordination with NJDEP regulators and USFWS biologists to compromise regarding protecting the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalist).

Village Center at Cornwall, Orange County, New York

Prepared a Draft EIS under the State Environmental Quality and Review Act (SEQRA) and provided expert testimony before the Town of Cornwall Planning Board to construct this mixed-use development project in the Town of Cornwall, in Orange County, New York.

Greene Valley Estates, West Milford, New Jersey

Prepared a Draft EIS under the State Environmental Quality and Review Act (SEQRA) and provided expert testimony before the Town of Cornwall Planning Board to construct this mixed-use development project in the Town of Cornwall, in Orange County, New York.

Successful Appeal of Permit Denial, New York

Successfully appealed the denial of Statewide General Permit No. 6, allowing a real estate development in Denville, NJ. The appeal resulted in amendments to the USEPA’s Priority Wetlands List for New Jersey and subsequent changes in the NJDEP’s application of its rules regarding Statewide General Permit No. 6.

Confusing and evolving environmental rules and overlapping jurisdictions can sometimes result in regulatory agencies initiating enforcement actions in attempts to resolve violations. However, EcoLogic Solutions can successfully negotiate with regulators to agree on mitigation measures to comply with projects.

Russo Development Company, New Jersey

Worked with the NJDEP, USACE, and USEPA to resolve an intertidal wetland enforcement case in Bergen County, New Jersey. Acquired and restored 16.3 acres of intertidal wetlands to compensate for unauthorized wetland fill associated with commercial development.

Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act Violation, New Jersey

Resolved an enforcement case brought by NJDEP against a residential property owner in Randolph, NJ. Obtained Transition Area Width Reduction, Averaging Plan and Waivers; and Statewide General Permits to bring the project into compliance.

Before local approvals are granted for real estate development projects, expert testimony before local planning boards and environmental commissions is often required. Projects can also require expert testimony before state and federal agencies or in federal or local tax courts. EcoLogic Solutions coordinates with the project team to assure testimony is well prepared to support the client’s objectives and to anticipate and counter cross-examinations.

Village Center at Cornwall, Orange County, New York

Provided expert testimony before the Town of Cornwall Planning Board to allow construction of this mixed-use development project in Orange County, New York.

Greene Valley Estates, New Jersey

Presented expert testimony before the West Milford Township Planning Board to allow construction of this residential development project in Bergen County, New Jersey.