Ted Zangari

Ted Zangari

Newark, NJ recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008
Sills Cummis & Gross PC

52 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Land Use and Zoning Law Real Estate Law

Biography

Ted Zangari is a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross, a commercial law firm with offices in New Jersey. Mr. Zangari’s law practice is multipronged. He chairs the Firm’s Real Estate Department as well as its Redevelopment Law, Outside General Counsel, and Public Policy/Governmental Affairs Practice Groups. As chair of the Firm’s cross-disciplinary Redevelopment Law Practice Group, he captains a team of the Firm’s attorneys on brownfield, transit-oriented, central business district and waterfront redevelopment projects as well as adaptive reuse projects at obsolete or vacant corporate campuses and shopping centers. As leader of the Firm’s multi-disciplinary Outside General Counsel Practice Group, Mr. Zangari coordinates attorneys from across the Firm who work in teams on behalf of middle market, privately held companies in lieu or in close support of in-house counsel. His law practice focuses primarily on complex business transactions with an emphasis on commercial leasing, acquisition, disposition and financing transactions for owners, asset managers and tenants of industrial, office, retail and multi-family properties across the country.

Sills Cummis & Gross PC

52 Best Lawyers awards

Sills Cummis & Gross PC logo

Overview

  • Georgetown University, J.D.
  • George Washington University, B.A.

  • New Jersey, New Jersey
  • New Jersey, New Jersey
  • Georgetown University, J.D.
  • George Washington University, B.A.

Client Testimonials

Ted is one of the best lease and entitlement lawyers i have ever worked with.

George H. Jacobs (Jacobs Enterprises, Inc.)

Ted has been a tireless advocate for the real estate industry in New Jersey, recognizing that a healthy, appropriately regulated development community is critical to the state's overall economic success.

Carl Goldberg (Roseland Property Corporation)

Ted is an effective practitioner focused on client results.

Ted Zangari is one of New Jersey's leading lights. He is leading a variety of legislative efforts designed to rationalize the often dysfunctional relationship between the real estate community and public sector agencies and regulators. His vision, energy, and creativity are helping foster a new dynamic between the public and private sectors. In his private practice, Ted is one of the best lawyers on leases and general real estate transactions that I have had the pleasure of working with. He knows how to get a deal done while ensuring that our interests are protected.

George H. Jacobs (Jacobs Enterprises, Inc.)

I have known Mr. Zangari for over 15 years. Mr. Zangari has represented a number of companies that I have been involved with over the past 15 years. Mr. Zangari is simply the most talented real estate lawyer that I have ever worked with. He is a leader in the real estate community. Mr. Zangari approaches each matter with unique insights, market intelligence, creativity (especially in problem solving), and he works well with both clients and all other parties in a transaction.

Ted Zangari is a real lawyer's lawyer - he understands the political and community context as well as the law that applies in a given situation. He is an excellent strategist, and is consistently responsive and thoughtful when dealing with difficult issues.

Jonathan Alger (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

New Brunswick, NJ

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Government Relations Practice
Special Focus:
  • Commercial
  • Conveyance
  • COVID-19
  • Development
  • Government Relations
  • Land Use
  • Office Buildings
  • Real Property Law
  • Shopping Center Transactions
  • Tax Certiorari
  • Transactions

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