Skip to content
  • Professionals
    A curated collection
    of legal talent
    • View All Professionals
  • Practices
    Each representation
    is a fresh canvas
    • View All Practices
      • Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring
      • Construction
      • Corporate Transactions
      • Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity
      • Employment
      • Environmental
      • Intellectual Property
    • Empty Column Heading
      • Litigation
      • Real Estate
      • Real Estate Special Opportunities
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Tax, Trusts & Estates 
      • White Collar Criminal Defense & Government Investigations
  • Industries
    Experience that goes where our clients go
    • View All Industries
      • Advertising, Public Relations & Marketing
      • Amusement & Recreation
      • Automotive, Transportation & Logistics 
      • Cannabis
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Construction
      • Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology
      • Energy & Utilities 
      • Executives, Directors & Officers
      • Financial Services
      • Food & Beverage Manufacturing
    • Empty Column Heading
      • Healthcare
      • Manufacturing & Industrial
      • Media, Entertainment & Publishing
      • Non-Profits, NGO’s & Religious Organizations
      • Professional Services
      • Restaurant & Hospitality
      • Retail
      • Self-Storage
      • Sports
      • Start-Up & Early Stage Companies
      • Technology
  • News + Insights
    In the news +
    In the know
    • View All News + Insights
      • Blogs
      • Firm News
    • Empty Column Heading
      • Webinars + Events
      • Awards + Recognitions
  • About Us
    Practicing our passion Living our purpose Embodying our ethos
    • Firm Overview
      • Ethos & Leadership
      • Our Roots
      • The Art of Innovation
    • Culture
      • Diversity
      • STARS Women’s Initiative
      • Pro Bono
      • Community Outreach
  • Careers
    Our people and their personalities are truly our competitive advantage
    • Overview
      • Attorney Life
      • Summer Associate Program
      • Our Staff
    • Empty Column Heading
      • Career Opportunities
      • Submit resume
  • Locations
    Supporting nationwide representations in major jurisdictions
    • Contact Us
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Delaware
    • Empty Column Heading
      • Maryland
      • Texas
      • Florida

Michael E.
Jones

Member

Office 201.525.6201
Email mjones@coleschotz.com
Evelyn Cruz |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. 5102
ecruz@coleschotz.com
Save as PDF
Download VCard

Michael E. Jones is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department.

 

Experience

His practice focuses on leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and development of retail, industrial and office properties, with an emphasis on retail leasing. Michael represents owners, tenants, developers, investors, real estate investment trusts, opportunity funds, family partnerships and privately held companies in commercial real estate transactions throughout the nation. Such clients include national and regional retailers (big box retailers and anchor tenants) in new store development, surplus property transactions and distribution center development, landlords and tenants of shopping centers, landlords and tenants of industrial buildings, and landlords and tenants of office buildings.

 

Representative Matters

The following is representative of the clients and matters that Michael has handled:

  • A publicly traded REIT in the redevelopment of shopping centers and free-standing retail properties throughout the country for retail, entertainment, fitness, food, office and mixed uses
  • An owner of two office complexes in the leasing of rooftops and parking deck canopies for the installation and operation of solar panels for the generation of electricity to serve the office complexes
  • An international financial services firm in the leasing of office space throughout the county, including the firm’s corporate headquarters in New York City
  • A national real estate brokerage services firm in the leasing of office space throughout the country
  • A private equity fund in the leasing and redevelopment of industrial properties in New Jersey
  • A family-owned real estate company in the sale of a 120-unit multifamily property in Linden, New Jersey
  • A family-owned real estate company in the leasing of two shopping centers in Paramus, New Jersey
  • A privately held real estate investment fund in the ground leasing of property to a developer for the development of a multi-family and retail mixed use project within an office complex owned by the real estate investment fund
  • A national retailer in the purchase of 124 stores throughout the United States from another national retailer
  • A real estate fund in the purchase of–and lease-back of–eight properties in the northeastern United States to a “big box” national retailer
  • A private real estate fund in the sale of a 69,000-square-foot office building in Edison, N.J.
  • A real estate developer in the ground lease of land in East Rutherford, N.J., from a Fortune 100 company to develop a shopping center
  • A family-owned real estate company in the redevelopment of a former office building into a mixed-use development with retail stores and office condominiums in Paramus, N.J.
  • A “big box” national retailer in the leasing of a distribution center containing 650,000 square feet in Pittston, Pa., from a regional industrial developer
  • A family owned real estate investment company in the leasing of a 530,000-square-foot industrial complex in Linden, N.J

 

Networks & Affiliations

Michael is a member of the International Counsel for Shopping Centers and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Bergen Community Colleges Paralegal Studies and Legal Nurse Consultant Programs.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Michael was an industrial real estate broker.

 

Honors & Awards

Throughout his career, Michael has been selected by his peers for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. He has been awarded the 2017 AV Preeminent™ Rating on his professionalism and the quality of his legal work, the highest possible qualification from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals.

No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

 

See Award Methodology.

Areas of focus

    Practices
  • Real Estate
  • Acquisitions & Sales
  • Development & Repurposing
  • Leasing

Education

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.
Emory University, B.B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

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

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers
  • Blogs
  • Firm News
  • Awards + Recognitions

Blogs

  1. 01

    Accounting Boards Take Aim At Leases

    August 3, 2010
  2. 02

    Warehousing and Distribution Facilities: Have You Considered This?

    March 3, 2009
News + Insights

Firm News

  1. 01

    Kislak Co. sells Linden apartment complex for $20.5M

    September 30, 2021 | NJBIZ
  2. 02

    Md. Judge Axes Pabst, Others From $4.8M Superfund Suit

    September 20, 2021 | Law360
  3. 03

    Wake Up Call: Cantor

    January 29, 2020 | Law.com
  4. 04

    Healthfood co. inks 200,000 s/f industrial lease

    July 19, 2019 | Real Estate Weekly
  5. 05

    Lerner David moves headquarters to Cranford

    January 31, 2019 | NJBIZ
  6. 06

    Simone Says: Industrial Assets Are Still Hot

    May 10, 2018 | GlobeSt
  7. 07

    The Nitty Gritty Of Last Mile Warehouses

    March 9, 2018 | GlobeSt
News + Insights

Awards + Recognitions

  1. 01

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 41 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2023 List

    August 18, 2022
  2. 02

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 33 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2022 List

    August 16, 2021
  3. 03

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 36 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2021 List

    August 24, 2020
  4. 04

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 29 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2020 List

    August 15, 2019
  5. 05

    Cole Schotz Represents Nutritional Foods Manufacturer Vitaquest in 200,000 Sq. Ft. Lease in New Jersey

    June 28, 2019
  6. 06

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 31 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2019 List

    August 15, 2018
  7. 07

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 31 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2019 List

    August 15, 2018
News + Insights

Related Services

Industries

  • Commercial Real Estate

  • Retail

A Curated Collection of Legal Talent

Our Professionals
  • Practices
  • Industries
  • News + Insights
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Locations
Follow us on Linkedin Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram
© 2023 Cole Schotz P.C. The CS Logo and Lawyering is our art are registered trademarks of Cole Schotz P.C. All rights reserved.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Award Methodology
  • Disclaimer
  • Attorney Advertising
Opens in a new window Opens an external site Opens an external site in a new window

 

New Look, Same Cole Schotz!

Learn More About Our Rebrand