George J. Kroculick

is co-chair of Duane Morris' Real Estate Practice Group and a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Mr. Kroculick practices in the area of real estate law with a focus on eminent domain, including just compensation, right to take, relocation assistance and highway access management, as well as land use and land use litigation, and real estate tax relief matters. He has represented clients before local, county and state permitting authorities.

Mr. Kroculick represents private property owners whose property has been claimed for transportation right of way and other public projects. He has represented private sector clients in condemnations of environmentally sensitive properties as well. Mr. Kroculick is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for real estate law and has written and lectured frequently on issues regarding condemnation law, including relocation expenses, demonstrative evidence, severance damages and the public use doctrine.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, Mr. Kroculick is a member of the American, New Jersey and Pennsylvania bar associations. He is also a member of the editorial board of the International Council of Shopping Centers' publication, Shopping Center Legal Update, a member of the editorial board of the International Council of Shopping Centers' publication, Retail Law Strategist. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and co-chair of its Capital Markets Council, Philadelphia District Council. Mr. Kroculick is a graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a cum laude graduate of Villanova University.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2005-present
•Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
- Partner, 2001-2005

Honors and Awards

•Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008-2013 editions

Board Memberships

•Board Member and Case Brief Editor for International Council of Shopping Centers' most widely read publication, The Retail Law Strategist
•Editorial Board, Shopping Center Legal Update, publication of The International Council of Shopping Centers
•Council Member, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce's 3rd Century Initiative ( 3ci ).

Publications

Selected Publications

•Quoted, Can Philly Use Eminent Domain to Take Over Hahnemann Hospital for Coronavirus Patients?, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 2020

Can Philly Use Eminent Domain to Take Over Hahnemann Hospital for Coronavirus Patients?

•Co-author, Pipeline Developers Beware: Third Circuit Disallows Eminent Domain Over State Lands Under Natural Gas Act, Pratt's Energy Law Report, January 2020

•Co-author, Pipeline Developers Beware: Third Circuit Disallows Eminent Domain Over State Lands Under Natural Gas Act, Duane Morris Alert, September 25, 2019

•Case Notes Editor, ICSC's Retail Law Strategist, Winter 2016
•Case Notes Editor, ICSC's Retail Law Strategist, Winter 2015
•Author, Should You Consider Representations & Warranties Insurance in Your Real Estate Deal?, ICSC's Shopping Center Legal Update, Summer 2015
•Co-author, New Jersey Extends Permit Extension Act Another Year, Duane Morris Alert, January 7, 2015
•Author, How Efficient Is Your Building? The Trend Toward Energy Efficiency Benchmarking and Disclosure, ICSC's Shopping Center Legal Update, Fall/Winter 2014
•Co-author, New Jersey Tax Sale Law Gives Purchaser of a Tax Sale Certificate a Tax Lien on the Underlying Property, Duane Morris Alert, June 30, 2014
•Case Notes Editor, ICSC's Retail Law Strategist, Winter 2014
•Co-author, Philadelphia Creates Land Bank for City to Sell and Purchase Vacant Property, Duane Morris Alert, January 16, 2014
•Case Notes Editor, ICSC's Retail Law Strategist, Winter 2013
•Co-author, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Weighs in on Amendments to Pa. Oil and Gas Act, Duane Morris Alert, December 23, 2013
•Co-author, Philadelphia's Energy Benchmarking Deadline Will Be at Your Doorstep This Halloween, Duane Morris Alert, October 9, 2013
•Author, The Americans with Disabilities Act's ATM Standards, Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy, September 2013
•Co-author, New Jersey Enacts Statutory Reforms to Eminent Domain Powers Under Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, Duane Morris Alert, September 11, 2013
•Co-author, Understanding the Basics of Philadelphia's New Actual Value Initiative, The Legal Intelligencer, March 27, 2013
•Quoted in Tax Overpayment Possible in Sheriff Foreclosure Sales, NBC10 Philadelphia, March 12, 2013
•Author, Introduction to Section 4, Exclusive Covenants, Landlord & Tenant Issues, The International Council of Shopping Centers (2013)
•Co-author, N.J. Superior Court Finds That Condemning Authority Is Not Required to Negotiate with Mortgagee Prior to Initiation of Eminent Domain Action, Duane Morris Alert, February 21, 2013
•Co-author, Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Philadelphia's Actual Value Initiative Assessments Are in the Mail, Duane Morris Alert, February 15, 2013
•Case Notes Editor, ICSC's Retail Law Strategist, Winter 2012
•Co-author, Key Calif. Supreme Court Decision for Developers in Resolving Construction Defect Disputes, ICSC Legal Update Alert, September 2012
• How Efficient is Your Building? ICSC Legal Update, Summer 2012
•Co-author, Pa. Legislature Extends Permit Extension Act Another Three Years, Duane Morris Alert, July 24, 2012
•Co-author, The DOJ's New ADA Regulations and Accessibility Guidelines, Commercial Leasing Law and Strategy, January 2011
•Co-author, Eminent-Domain Reform Bill Advances in New Jersey State Senate, But Does Not Take a Big Leap, Duane Morris Alert, October 21, 2010
•Co-author, Pennsylvania Adopts Legislation Granting Automatic Extension to Development Approvals, Duane Morris Alert, July 12, 2010
•Co-author, New Jersey Governor Eliminates 'Time-of-Decision' Rule in Favor of 'Time-of-Application' Rule, Duane Morris Alert, May 12, 2010
•Co-author, Four New Jersey Bills Seek to Change How Government Condemns Real Estate, as U.S. Debate on Eminent Domain Continues, Duane Morris Alert, January 27, 2010
• To Build or Not to Build: The Myriad Issues Facing Developers with Approved Development Sites in Today's Market, Shopping Center Legal Update, Fall/Winter 2009
•Co-author, In New Jersey, a Property Owner May Recover Consequential Business Losses for a Temporary Taking, Duane Morris Alert, August 28, 2009
•Co-author, What's in Your Condemnation Clause? Shopping Center Legal Update, Summer 2009
•Co-author, New Jersey Adopts Law Permitting Conversion of Age-Restricted Housing Units to Non-Age-Restricted Housing Units and Modifies Laws Concerning Affordable Housing, Duane Morris Alert, July 8, 2009
•Co-author, Delaware Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Use of Eminent Domain, Duane Morris Alert, July 2, 2008
• Missouri Supreme Court Grants Shopping Center Owner Right to Sue City for Damages Caused by Threat of Condemnation, But..., Duane Morris Alert, June 13, 2008
•Co-author, Florida Appellate Court Upholds Ruling that Budget Change Does Not Allow a Buyer to Cancel Contract, Duane Morris Alert, June 12, 2008
•Co-author, California Voters Pass Eminent Domain Reform: Impact Limited, Duane Morris Alert, June 5, 2008
•Co-author, California to Vote Again on Eminent Domain Restrictions, Duane Morris Alert, March 28, 2008
• N.J. Appeals Court Provides Property Owners Second Bite at the Apple to Challenge Condemnations for Redevelopment Purposes, Duane Morris Alert, March 6, 2008
•Co-author, The Importance of Condemnation and Access Clauses in Commercial Leases, Retail Law Strategist, November 2007
• Nevada Joins National Trend in Responding to Kelo Decision on Eminent Domain, Duane Morris Alert, June 28, 2007
• New Jersey Supreme Court Limits Application of Blight Designation in Ongoing National Debate over Eminent Domain, Duane Morris Alert, June 22, 2007
• New York Restricts Use of Eminent Domain by Utilities, Part of National Trend, Duane Morris Alert, October 18, 2006
• Illinois Latest State to Respond to Kelo Decision, Duane Morris Alert, September 5, 2006
• Eminent Domain: Know and Assert Your Power, Franchise Times, September 2006
• California Part of National Backlash Against Supreme Court's Eminent Domain Decision, Duane Morris Alert, May 25, 2006
• Georgia Enacts Restrictions to Eminent Domain, Part of a National Trend, Duane Morris Alert, May 15, 2006
• New Jersey Assembly Holds Hearings on Eminent Domain, Part of a National Debate, Duane Morris Alert, April 17, 2006
• What Kelo Does Not (Necessarily) Change, Retail Law Strategist, February 2006
•Co-author, Jersey Courts Hold the Line Against Bad Faith Condemnation: Power to Take Cannot Be Used to Achieve Zoning, New Jersey Lawyer, October 2004

Speaking Engagements

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Discussion Leader, Condemnation Clauses: What to Negotiate - Avoidance of Pitfalls, International Council of Shopping Centers' 2016 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Hollywood, Florida, October 29, 2016
•Discussion Leader, Condemnation Clauses: What to Negotiate - Avoidance of Pitfalls, International Council of Shopping Centers' 2015 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 31, 2015
•Discussion Leader, Condemnation Clauses: What to Negotiate-Avoidance of Pitfalls, International Council of Shopping Centers' 2014 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 25, 2014
•Speaker, Outdoor Advertising Legal Settlements, Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Webinar, June 19, 2013
•Speaker, Standing in Litigation, Outdoor Advertising Association of America Legal Seminar, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2012
•Discussion Leader, Condemnation Clauses: What to Negotiate-Avoidance of Pitfalls, International Council of Shopping Centers' 2012 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 25, 2012
•Discussion Leader, Condemnation Clauses: What to Negotiate-Avoidance of Pitfalls, International Council of Shopping Centers' 2011 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 26, 2011
•Featured in Blackstone to buy almost 600 shopping centers, report on Marketplace, American Public Media Radio, February 28, 2011
•Discussion Leader, Condemnation Clauses: When to Negotiate-Including Loss of Access Due to Condemnation and Impact on Lease, International Council of Shopping Centers' 2010 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Hollywood, Florida, November 6, 2010
•ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference: Eminent Domain and Its Drivers, Catalysts and Generators, Phoenix, Arizona, October 21, 2009
•Speaker, Presenting Your Case, CLE International's 4th Annual Eminent Domain Seminar, Newark, New Jersey, April 17, 2009
•Speaker, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Pennsylvania Land Title Association, Stewart Title Seminar, Philadelphia, November 6, 13 and 21, 2008
•Speaker, Severance Damages and the Cost to Cure, Lorman Education Services' Eminent Domain in New Jersey, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, March 30, 2006
•Speaker, Severance Damages, Lorman Education Services' Eminent Domain in Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 29, 2006
•Speaker, What's Fair About Fair Market Value? Lorman Education Services' Eminent Domain in New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 28, 2006
•Speaker, Severance Damages, CLE International's Eminent Domain Seminar, Princeton, New Jersey, October 7-8, 2005
•Speaker, Just Compensation, The Cost to Cure as an Element of Damages, CLE International's Eminent Domain SuperConference, Tampa, Florida, October 7-8, 2004
•Moderator, Appraisers' Roundtable, Ballard Spahr, Princeton, New Jersey, May 19, 2004
•Moderator, Appraisers' Roundtable, Ballard Spahr, Voorhees, New Jersey, March 10, 2004
•Speaker, Tenant Claims, CLE International's Eminent Domain Seminar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 21-22, 2002