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Stephen is the Chair in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, concentrating his practice on real estate, corporate and financing transactions, He also counsels public utilities in regulatory and transactional matters. 

As a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Business Services Group, Stephen has extensive experience in real estate development, sales, acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, and commercial leasing. He advises clients in sophisticated transactions involving office buildings, raw land, mixed-use projects, warehouses, and industrial sites through every phase of a real estate transaction, from drafting and negotiating the listing to financing and purchase and sale agreements, through due diligence and settlement. He is a highly knowledgeable counselor who provides strategic guidance to owners, developers, investors, borrowers and lenders, real estate professionals, utility companies, and financial institutions.

In his free time Stephen enjoys spending time with his family, and particularly relishes sailing and skiing with his sons.  For many years, Stephen has served on the boards of educational and religious institutions.

 

  • Author, ”Negotiating Your Office Lease in a Recovering Market.” The Legal Intelligencer(June 26, 2006).

6th Annual Essential Charity Golf Classic

October 27 – Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP Managing Partner Louis J. Rizzo, Jr. and Partners Robert W. Small and Steven P. McConnell will participate in the 6th Annual Essential Charity Golf…
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Pennsylvania’s Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act

July 15, 2014 – The Pennsylvania Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act establishes idling restrictions for certain diesel-powered motor vehicles and imposes a penalty on drivers and owners of vehicles who violate the…
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  • Represented the tenant in the negotiation of a 55,000 SF supermarket lease in a first-class shopping center
  • Handled the acquisition of a $7,000,000 intermodal warehouse to support the client’s adjacent brewery operations
  • Advised the purchaser in its acquisition and remediation of a Superfund site for its use as transportation depot
  • Counseled the lender during the purchase of a promissory note and subsequent financing for a mixed-use real estate project
  • Represented a developer in connection with the financing and acquisition of an $11,000,000 retail and warehouse facility in central Pennsylvania
  • Assisted a public utility company in connection with the acquisition of municipal water and wastewater systems and related regulatory matters
  • Represented landlords and tenants in various office, industrial, warehouse and retail leasing transactions.
  • Counseled the borrower in an acquisition and construction loan in the amount of $13,000,000
  • Advised a national developer in connection with the acquisition and disposition of numerous new and existing retail properties
  • Representation of a national banking association in preparation of loan documents
  • Counseled the sureties in a loan workout on a $7,500,000 mortgage for a residential condominium project in New Jersey
  • Represented the owner in the leasing and property management of a commercial office park
  • Advised the seller in the $50,000,000 disposition of a New York broadcasting facility and related real and personal property assets
  • Assisted the tenant in a 30,000 square-foot lease for a non-profit in the University City District of Philadelphia, PA
  • Represented a public utility in connection with the $21,000,000 acquisition of a Pennsylvania township’s wastewater assets
  • Represented the tenant in the buyout of its current lease and in the negotiation of a new lease of 17,000 SF of office space in suburban Philadelphia
  • Counseled the declarant in the development of a planned community and transfer of the homeowners association to the homeowners
  • Represented the purchaser in the $70,000,000 acquisition and financing of a 400-unit high-end residential apartment building
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • The Haverford School Alumni Association, Past Executive Board Member
  • Ranked by Legal 500 Philadelphia Elite for Real Estate (2026)