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  • Stephen P. McConnell, Jr.
  • Partner

“My clients value my thorough analysis of all aspects of the engagement, so that together we can assess all the material risks and benefits of the business and legal issues.”

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • J.D., Villanova University School of Law (1997)
  • B.A., Duke University (1993)
Our Team Stephen P. McConnell

Stephen is the Chair of 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.

  • A developer in connection with the financing and acquisition of a $11,000,000 retail and warehouse facility in central Pennsylvania.
  • Public utility companies in connection with the acquisition of municipal water and wastewater systems and related regulatory matters.
  • Office, industrial, warehouse and retail leasing transactions.
  • The borrower in an acquisition and construction loan in the amount of $13,000,000.
  • A national developer in connection with the acquisition and disposition of numerous new and existing retail properties.
  • A national banking association in preparation of loan documents.
  • The sureties in a loan workout on a $7,500,000 mortgage for a residential condominium project in New Jersey.
  • The owner in the leasing and property management of a commercial office park.
  • The seller in the $50,000,000 disposition of a New York broadcasting facility and related real and personal property assets.
  • Handled a 30,000 square-foot lease for a non-profit in the University City District of Philadelphia, PA
  • A public utility in connection with the $11,000,000 acquisition of a Pennsylvania township’s wastewater assets 
  • Numerous restaurant tenants in leasing transactions
  • The sureties in a loan workout on a $7,500,000 mortgage for a residential condominium project in New Jersey 
  • The seller in the $22,500,000 disposition of a New Jersey radio station and related real and personal property assets 
  • The tenant in the buyout of its current lease and in the negotiation of a new lease of 17,000 square feet of office space in suburban Philadelphia
  • 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