Long Island Business News honors managing partner, Jeffrey Forchelli with a 2012 Real Estate & Development Award - Most Creative Commercial Deal for the Nassau Community College expansion project. Nassau Community College (NCC) received about 23 acres of former Navy property transferred to Nassau County when this plan, nine years in the making, came together. NCC received nearly 13 acres and Nassau county got the rest, leaving four houses on 2.3 acres for veterans through the Homes for Our Troops program. Orchestrated largely by Forchelli, the land-used plan allowed AvalonBay Communities to purchase and redevelop 17 acres on the north side of the Long Island Rail Road tracks that bisect the former Navy property. The town of Hempstead then rezoned the parcel so AvalonBay could build 160 apartments, 44 three-bedroom town homes and a clubhouse. Founded in 1976, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn, & Terrana LLP is one of Long Island's most acclaimed and distinguished law firms. Headquartered in Uniondale, NY, the Firm is conveniently located for clients in Nassau and Suffolk. The Firm employs nearly 50 attorneys who provide counsel to a broad range of clients, including national, regional and local businesses, major real estate developers and organizations, banks, insurance companies, municipalities, educational institutions, and individuals.