Mark A.
Hosterman
Mark A. Hosterman has extensive experience in Municipal Law, Land Use, Real Estate, General Corporate Counsel, and Homeowners Associations.
Let's Talk
Fax: 610-828-4887
With over 31 years of practicing law, Mark A. Hosterman provides outstanding, cost-effective, and highly responsive legal assistance to municipal clients, homeowners associations, corporate entities, and individuals. Each legal matter is given personal attention to achieve the desired results with the benefit of the team approach to make sure all legal needs are handled efficiently and expeditiously.
Mr. Hosterman has extensive experience in all aspects of municipal law, including large, multi-faceted subdivision and land development, complex ordinance drafting, community aesthetic and economic revitalization, termination and other employment issues, collective bargaining, open space planning and acquisition, community planning, preservation of historical resources, and numerous other issues facing public sector clients. He also advises businesses on a daily basis and handles a diverse array of legal matters on behalf of business clients such as employment law matters, contractor agreements, complex terminations, lease negotiation and drafting, zoning and code compliance, criminal investigations in the workplace, ADA compliance, assessment appeals, and various land use, zoning, and real estate matters among a myriad of other issues facing private sector clients.
Mr. Hosterman regularly represents landowners and developers in all aspects of land use and development including appearances before zoning hearing boards, architectural review boards, planning commissions, and governing bodies.
Representative Clients
Mr. Hosterman serves as solicitor to the following:
- Township of East Coventry, Borough of Red Hill, Borough of Pennsburg, Red Hill Water Authority, Rockledge Zoning Hearing Board, The Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission.
Mr. Hosterman has served as special counsel to the following:
- Borough of Lansdale, Hatfield Township Zoning Hearing Board, and Upper Salford Township Zoning Hearing Board.
Representative Transactions
- Counsel for $40 million expansion of existing municipal facility.
- Bond Counsel in $10.5 million bond refinancing securing long term low rate for municipal client.
- Negotiated $3.5 million private contribution agreement to preserve a township’s historic resource during federal relicensing review.
- Facilitated $1.8 million developer contribution for new fire house and municipal building.
- Facilitated $50 million redevelopment of property owned by municipal authority.
- Represented municipal client in land acquisition for $2.8 million streetscape project.
- Represented municipal client in negotiating intermunicipal agreements to construct sewer main and connect local industry to sewer plant resulting in $5.6 million EDU fee to municipal client.
- Represented various municipal clients in open space acquisitions totaling more than $5.3 million in permanently preserved open space.
Personal Interests
Mr. Hosterman enjoys spending time with family, bicycling, skiing, traveling, hiking, and the beach.
Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
The Dickinson School of Law (J.D. 1992)
Pennsylvania State University (B.S. 1987)
Professional and Civic Memberships
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Montgomery Bar Association
Chester County Bar Association
Pennsylvania State Association of Borough Solicitors
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Solicitors
Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce
Speeches and Publications
Frequent training presenter to elected and appointed officials. Mr. Hosterman focuses his presentations on the applicability of the Ethics Acts and voting conflicts including discussion of numerous hypothetical voting conflicts that may be encountered by elected officials.
Charitable and Community Activities
Provides pro bono services to select local non-profits. Recently, Mr. Hosterman helped a local church re-route sewer easements to a new connection point.
Represented local church pro bono in sale of land to developer.
Served as Treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 16 – Franconia, PA (2010-2019)
Mark A.
Hosterman
Mark A. Hosterman has extensive experience in Municipal Law, Land Use, Real Estate, General Corporate Counsel, and Homeowners Associations.
Let's Talk
Fax: 610-828-4887
With over 31 years of practicing law, Mark A. Hosterman provides outstanding, cost-effective, and highly responsive legal assistance to municipal clients, homeowners associations, corporate entities, and individuals. Each legal matter is given personal attention to achieve the desired results with the benefit of the team approach to make sure all legal needs are handled efficiently and expeditiously.
Mr. Hosterman has extensive experience in all aspects of municipal law, including large, multi-faceted subdivision and land development, complex ordinance drafting, community aesthetic and economic revitalization, termination and other employment issues, collective bargaining, open space planning and acquisition, community planning, preservation of historical resources, and numerous other issues facing public sector clients. He also advises businesses on a daily basis and handles a diverse array of legal matters on behalf of business clients such as employment law matters, contractor agreements, complex terminations, lease negotiation and drafting, zoning and code compliance, criminal investigations in the workplace, ADA compliance, assessment appeals, and various land use, zoning, and real estate matters among a myriad of other issues facing private sector clients.
Mr. Hosterman regularly represents landowners and developers in all aspects of land use and development including appearances before zoning hearing boards, architectural review boards, planning commissions, and governing bodies.
Representative Clients
Mr. Hosterman serves as solicitor to the following:
- Township of East Coventry, Borough of Red Hill, Borough of Pennsburg, Red Hill Water Authority, Rockledge Zoning Hearing Board, The Northern Montgomery County Recycling Commission.
Mr. Hosterman has served as special counsel to the following:
- Borough of Lansdale, Hatfield Township Zoning Hearing Board, and Upper Salford Township Zoning Hearing Board.
Representative Transactions
- Counsel for $40 million expansion of existing municipal facility.
- Bond Counsel in $10.5 million bond refinancing securing long term low rate for municipal client.
- Negotiated $3.5 million private contribution agreement to preserve a township’s historic resource during federal relicensing review.
- Facilitated $1.8 million developer contribution for new fire house and municipal building.
- Facilitated $50 million redevelopment of property owned by municipal authority.
- Represented municipal client in land acquisition for $2.8 million streetscape project.
- Represented municipal client in negotiating intermunicipal agreements to construct sewer main and connect local industry to sewer plant resulting in $5.6 million EDU fee to municipal client.
- Represented various municipal clients in open space acquisitions totaling more than $5.3 million in permanently preserved open space.
Personal Interests
Mr. Hosterman enjoys spending time with family, bicycling, skiing, traveling, hiking, and the beach.
Blue Bell
460 Norristown Road, Suite 110
Blue Bell, PA 19422-2323
Phone: 610.825.8400
Fax: 610-828-4887
Newtown
301 N. Sycamore Street, PO Box 1186
Newtown, PA 18940-3808
Phone: 215.579.5995
Fax: 215-579-7909
