Mitsui Fudosan and SJP Properties – 200 Amsterdam

Achieved significant victory in a high-profile, multi-year dispute over the approximately $1 billion dollar development at 200 Amsterdam—an important ruling for both Herrick clients and developers throughout New York City. Herrick represented Mitsui Fudosan and SJP Properties as co-counsel in the zoning litigation involving Article 78 and other claims relating to their development of the luxury high rise building when a neighborhood coalition of Upper West Side residents and politicians challenged the Department of Building's approval of the project and two approvals by the N.Y.C. Board of Standards and Appeals. The N.Y.S. Appellate Division unanimously reversed and ruled in favor of the developers, finding that the building permit was lawful and that the trial court should have deferred to the N.Y.C. Board of Standards and Appeals. The N.Y. Court of Appeals denied the opposition group’s motion for leave to appeal.