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Nancy S. Nardella

Partner & Vice-Chair, Real Estate
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Nancy S. Nardella Partner & Vice-Chair, Real Estate

Nancy is Vice-Chair of Morrison Cohen’s Real Estate Department where her practice focuses on all aspects of retail leasing transactions, including regional shopping centers, mixed use centers, outlet centers, neighborhood centers, and street and office locations for international, national and regional retail clients, as well as small single-store start-ups.

Nancy has extensive experience in representing both landlords and tenants in a variety of leasing transactions, including assignments and subleases in connection with the sale and acquisition of retail stores, early termination agreements, amendments, subordination and nondisturbance agreements, estoppel certificates, lease guarantees, and consents in every major U.S. market. Nancy has counseled clients on development and redevelopment issues and lease operational issues such as lease administration, dispute resolution, improvement allowance claims, construction work letters, and letters of intent. Nancy also advises clients in connection with cross-border lease transactions.

Nancy joined Morrison Cohen in 2003. Prior to joining Morrison Cohen, Nancy worked for Simon Property Group in their New York office (1998 – 2003), and Corporate Property Investors (which merged with Simon Property Group in 1998).

Experience

  • National rollout for Casper
  • National rollout for Warby Parker
  • National rollout for Kura Sushi
  • Representing Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works and Pink in locations throughout the US
  • Representing Aritzia in locations throughout the US and Canada
  • Representing Saje in locations throughout the US and Canada
  • Flagship store for Express on Broadway

Professional Activities

  • New York State Bar Association
  • International Council of Shopping Centers

Recognition

  • 2019 ICSC U.S. Law Conference Speaker: “Clicks to Bricks: Digital Natives Test Traditional Retail Waters”
  • 2019 ICSC Professional Development Day at New York Deal Making - Speaker: “Retail Property Law”
  • Round Table Leader – ICSC Law Conference
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Practices

Education

  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.
  • State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • New York