Ms. Wagner concentrates her practice in land use, zoning, environmental and historic preservation law. She has substantial experience counseling universities and hospitals in connection with campus planning, the development of new buildings and the reuse of existing buildings. She has coordinated the public approval processes for major public-private development projects involving cooperation between private developers and agencies of New York City and State. She has negotiated numerous multi-party transactions for the transfer of development rights, and has performed due diligence on the purchase and financing of major properties.
Representative Transactions
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Major Medical Center—Land use approvals in connection with a major new clinical building, a biomedical research building and an expansion of its existing emergency department.
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Jewish Home Lifecare—Land use advice regarding the relocation of its nursing home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Major University—Land use approvals for new and converted academic buildings, and advice in connection with changes to the New York City Building Code.
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Madison Square Garden—Land use advice regarding its current renovation and the special zoning approvals affecting the arena.
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The Walt Disney Company—Approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of a major renovation of the First Battery Armory on West 68th Street.
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey—Coordinated Kramer Levin’s participation in a legal team representing the Port Authority in connection with the New York City and State approvals of its recently cancelled Access to the Region’s Core project, which would have built a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River leading to a new station in Manhattan.