Steve Santola has been a practicing attorney in New Jersey and New York, specializing in land use and real estate, since 1991. He joined Woodmont Properties in 2004, where he is responsible for the firm’s legal matters, including the oversight of the company’s regulatory and municipal approvals. He also serves as project manager and manages the development approval process for many of the company’s downtown redevelopment sites, including the Epstein’s Morristown redevelopment project, the West Side Lofts in Red Bank and Lower Broadway in South Amboy.

He has been a guest lecturer on transit-oriented development at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority’s training institute and the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University, and he has been a frequent panelist and speaker on redevelopment and regulatory issues. He serves on the executive board of Downtown New Jersey. Mr. Santola served on the Livingston Township Council from 2001-2012 and as mayor in 2003, 2007 and 2012. He also served on Gov. Christie’s 2009 transition team and Gov. Murphy’s 2017 transition team.