LAND USE DOCUMENT RECORD SERIES

Every fact cites the document that states it.

Board resolutions, permits, certificates of occupancy, PILOT and redevelopment agreements, tax parcels, deeds and mortgages, read from the source documents and linked site by site.

For attorneys, developers, homebuilders, brokers, lenders and title professionals
DOCUMENTS WE READ

A wide variety of documents. One record.

Planning & Zoning Resolutions
Construction Permits
Certificates of Occupancy
Redevelopment & PILOT Agreements
Affordable Housing Element & 4th Round
Board & Council Minutes
Tax Parcel Records
Sales Deeds & Mortgage Instruments
Linked by project
Proposed
Approved
Built
Standing Today
WHAT THE RECORD ANSWERS

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All Material Projects in Town

Every material project investigated and linked, with its current state: named in the affordable housing plan, over 20 units or 20k SF, permits over $1M, or an executed PILOT or redevelopment agreement.

DEVELOPERS · BROKERS · LENDERS AND TITLE

Prominent Professionals

Who appears before the boards most, and who succeeds: land use counsel, architects, engineers and planners, named.

DEVELOPERS · DESIGN PROFESSIONALS · BROKERS

Public Opposition Findings

Objections raised at public hearings, by category, in the resident’s own words and the minutes they came from.

COUNSEL · DEVELOPERS · PLANNERS

PILOT and Redevelopment Precedent

Agreement terms quoted by clause: set-aside, fee reimbursement, escrow, term. Precedent for the next negotiation.

COUNSEL · DEVELOPERS · LENDERS AND TITLE

The 4th Round Plan Against the Record

Each 4th Round site at the stage its own documents support. Find out which projects are progressing, with approvals and permits, and which are not.

PLANNERS · COUNSEL · DEVELOPERS

Capital Markets Activity

Every mortgage and deed of record on the site, with lender, amount, date and discharge status. Land prices come straight from the deeds.

LENDERS AND TITLE · BROKERS · DEVELOPERS
SAMPLE FROM RED BANK, NJ

A site record, page by page.

Every project gets one page: what the record says, where it stands, and the document behind each line. Below are three teasers from the Red Bank record. Nothing here is the whole record.

PERMITS11,423
CERTIFICATES8,690
TAX PARCELS4,328
REDEVELOPMENT & PILOT AGREEMENTS30

Red Bank documents held in the record, as of September 21, 2026 (Edition 26). Permit and certificate figures are register entries, not separate buildings.

The Element, 55 West Front Street SITE RECORD · RED BANK, NJ

KEY RECORD FACTS
Units35, per Planning Board Resolution 2017-06
Construction permits$3,618,187 declared value across 39 jobs
Mortgage of record$15,174,200, Dwight Capital LLC, recorded 2022-09-30
Owner of recordWest Front Street Partners LLC
Land price$4,500,000, deed dated 2008-01-24
THE LADDER
PlanRedevelopment plan, 2016-11-21
ApprovalPlanning Board site plan, 2017-03-20
PermitNew construction, 2017-12-27
CertificateCertificate of occupancy, 2019-09-26
THE TIMELINE
2008-04-04Deed: $4,500,000, Meridian Health System to West Front Street Partners LLC
2016-06-02Zoning Board resolution denies the first application (35 units, variances requested)
2016-12-14Borough Council resolution 16-295 names the redeveloper
2017-03-20Planning Board approves the major site plan, 35 units, no variances
2019-09-26Certificate of occupancy issued
2022-09-30$15,174,200 mortgage recorded to Dwight Capital LLC

The permit figure is the declared value on permit applications, not project cost. The mortgage figure is the most it secures, not the balance owed. Each line cites its resolution, minutes or recorded instrument.

Who Appears Most LAND USE COUNSEL

FIRMAPPEARANCES
McKenna, DuPont, Stone & Washburn29
Ansell, Grimm and Aaron, PC12
Jarre, Mase, Hogan, Erwin, Murphy & Lee6
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla5
Day Pitney, LLP4

Applicant-side appearances before Red Bank boards. Counted by appearance, not by matter. The record names a firm on 331 of 1,038 appearances, so this ranks the firms the record identifies.

The 4th Round Plan Against the Record SELECTED SITES

SITEPLAN SAYSDOCUMENTS SUPPORT
20 Park ValleyApprovedCertificate issued, 2025-07-09
19 Globe CourtProposedApproved 2023, permit pulled 2024
121 Monmouth StreetProposedApproved 2022, permit pulled 2023
The Rail North & SouthProposedIn the plan only

Each site at the highest stage its own documents support, as of September 21, 2026. Permit registers begin in 2016.

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