News: Long Island

Dicker joins Getty Realty Corp. as general counsel

According to Getty Realty Corp., Joshua Dicker will join the company as its general counsel and corporate secretary, effective February 1. Dicker will be responsible for directing the overall legal activities of the company, reporting directly to the chairman and CEO. "We are very pleased to have Josh join our senior management team," said Leo Liebowitz, chairman and CEO of Getty. "Josh is a seasoned professional with a broad range of legal experience which, along with his experience as a general business advisor, will be very valuable to Getty as we continue to manage our varied portfolio of legal affairs." Dicker was most recently a partner at the national law firm Arent Fox, PLLC, resident in its New York City office. At Arent Fox, and throughout his nearly two decades of private legal practice, he has conducted numerous M&A transactions, debt and equity financings, real property purchases and sales and complex leasing arrangements, public and private securities offerings, and a vast array of general business and corporate matters for public and privately held clients in many industries. Dicker received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany, a J.D., magna cum laude, from New York Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review, and a master of laws from New York University School of Law.
MORE FROM Long Island

Suffolk County IDA supports expansion of A&Z Pharmaceuticals

Hauppauge, NY The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has granted preliminary approval of a financial incentive package that will assist a manufacturer in expanding its business by manufacturing more prescription (Rx) pharmaceuticals in addition to its existing over-the-counter
READ ON THE GO
DIGITAL EDITIONS
Subscribe
Columns and Thought Leadership
The evolving relationship of environmental  consultants and the lending community - by Chuck Merritt

The evolving relationship of environmental consultants and the lending community - by Chuck Merritt

When Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) were first part of commercial real estate risk management, it was the lenders driving this requirement. When a borrower wanted a loan on a property, banks would utilize a list of “Approved Consultants” to order the report on both refinances and purchases.