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Mitchell W.
Abrahams

Member

Office 201.525.6292
Email mabrahams@coleschotz.com
Evelyn Cruz |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. x5102
ecruz@coleschotz.com
Evelyn Cruz |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. x5102
ecruz@coleschotz.com
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Mitchell W. Abrahams is an accomplished commercial real estate attorney, with an emphasis on shopping center, industrial and office leasing, borrower financing, acquisitions and dispositions.

 

Experience

His diversified transactional practice is national in scope and involves all aspects of developing and owning commercial real estate including the negotiation and drafting of all related documents such as contracts, reciprocal easement agreements and resolving complex title and survey issues. In addition, Mitchell has extensive land use experience and appears regularly before zoning boards throughout New Jersey, representing both applicants and objectors. Mitchell’s clients include national and local landlords and tenants throughout the country.

Representative Matters

The following is representative of the type of matters handled by Mitchell:

  • Representation of landlord in connection with lease preparation and negotiation for over 120 national shopping centers
  • Negotiations of acquisition contract and procurement of zoning approvals for major automobile dealership facilities in New Jersey to include acquisition and financing
  • Representation of national accounting firm in connection with negotiation of an 80,000 square foot office lease for its New Jersey headquarter facilities
  • Acquisition, financing and due diligence for numerous shopping centers throughout the country
  • Leasing on behalf of New Jersey based industrial warehouse owner of over 50 buildings
  • Extensive experience in all aspects of transactional real estate work

 

Mitchell joined the firm as a member in 1999. Mitchell’s clients remain loyal and he has represented many of them for a large portion of his 35+ year career.

 

Honors & Awards

Mitchell has been awarded an AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals.

He has been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-2012, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025 and New Jersey Super Lawyers® in Real Estate Law. He was also named on the Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” list in 2018, 2020, and 2024. Real Estate New Jersey included Mitchell on their list of the Top 40 real estate attorneys in New Jersey in its April 2008 issue.

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Areas of Practice

Real Estate

Acquisitions & Sales Condominiums & Cooperatives Development & Repurposing Financing Leasing Zoning & Land Use

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.
Boston College, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New Jersey
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Honors & Awards

2024 Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers
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Blogs

  1. 01

    Supreme Court Ruling Limits Redevelopment Law’s Eminent Domain Power

    July 15, 2007
News + Insights

NEWS + PUBLICATIONS

  1. 01

    Port Carteret Bought Out In Midst Of Waterfront Redevelopment

    December 7, 2018 | My Central Jersey
  2. 02

    Cole Schotz Guides V. Paulius’ $90M NJ Port Deal

    December 4, 2018 | Law360
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Awards + Recognitions

  1. 01

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 69 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2025 Lists

    August 15, 2024 | Cole Schotz Press Release
  2. 02

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 73 Cole Schotz Attorneys Across Award Categories on 2024 Lists

    August 17, 2023 | Cole Schotz Press Release
  3. 03

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 41 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2023 List

    August 18, 2022
  4. 04

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 33 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2022 List

    August 16, 2021
  5. 05

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 36 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2021 List

    August 20, 2020
  6. 06

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 29 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2020 List

    August 15, 2019
  7. 07

    Cole Schotz Advises V. Paulius in $90M Acquisition and Financing of Port Carteret

    October 29, 2018
  8. 08

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 31 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2019 List

    August 15, 2018
  9. 09

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 31 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2019 List

    August 15, 2018
  10. 10

    Thirty-Four Cole Schotz Attorneys Named 2018 Super Lawyers

    March 19, 2018
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