Every dollar spent on environmental remediation diminishes your bottom line. Fortunately, as your environmental advocate, ESA uses strategies to mitigate the expense of environmental impacts. Tax appeals are one such strategy. New Jersey tax law court decisions have clearly established that environmental impacts reduce property values....
There are several key components to the environmental remediation process that are critical to the success of every project. Many of these components are performed after a sales transaction and require ongoing monitoring, reporting, and communication with numerous entities, including the owner. ESA is often...
Savvy buyers of Industrial and Commercial real estate always seek to maximize their return on investment (ROI). On certain properties, they use insurance to protect themselves against the discovery of unforeseen environmental issues post closure. Here’s how it works: First, a Property is Identified What’s hotter than an...
Sometimes, municipalities, businesses, and individuals must address environmental impacts they may or may not have created. Environmental investigation and remediation costs are often unanticipated and expensive. If funding to address the impacts is unavailable, communities may become blighted, development projects may halt, or property owners...
ESA meets with prospective clients nearly every day to discuss their environmental projects. When the project involves (or may involve) soil and groundwater impacts, ESA routinely discusses the potential to use Other People’s Money (OPM) to defray costs. Because some of these projects can be expensive, what could be better...
Many of ESA's clients know very little about environmental compliance. Often, they are unaware of their environmental situation -- or their options. And, just as often, they are aware of the situation but actively choose to ignore it. We get it. Environmental issues can be...
The cost of environmental services is a serious issue, especially in these harsh economic times. After 35 years in the industry, ESA has yet to meet a client who says, “I polluted this piece of property and I feel terrible about having done so, therefore...