Our Craft
We regularly advise local and national developers, owners and investors as they seek to achieve their development goals in California, a state notorious for its regulatory challenges. We add value at every stage of the process, and have broad experience across a wide range of asset classes, including single and multi-family residential, industrial (including data centers, logistics and campus / business parks) and other commercial uses (including hotels, office and retail / restaurant / shopping centers).
- Acquisition & Development Risk Management
- Entitlement Process Navigation
- Environmental Review Coordination
- Related Transactional Agreements
- Approval Documentation
- Implementation & Re-Positioning Guidance
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Proficiencies
GVR has deep proficiency in:
- Evaluating development and acquisition opportunities for entitlement risk
- Developing comprehensive entitlement and risk management strategies
- Coordinating environmental review and documentation (CEQA / NEPA)
- Pragmatically navigating all phases of the entitlement process
- Negotiating related transactional documents, including joint ventures and agreements dealing with vested rights, affordable housing, infrastructure, mitigation and hotel management
- Coordinating legally defensible findings, conditions and related project approval documentation
- Guiding post-approval implementation and re-positioning of entitlements
Expertise
GVR’s proficiencies derive from its vast understanding of relevant laws, including:
- CEQA and NEPA
- Planning and Zoning Law
- Housing Accountability Act
- SB 330
- Builder’s Remedy
- Density Bonus Law
- Development Agreement Law
- Subdivision Map Act
- LAFCO Law (boundary changes)
- Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts
- Permit Streamlining Act
- Prevailing Wage Law
- Mitigation Fee Act
- Surplus Lands Act
- Initiative / Referendum Law