Zoning & Entitlements

Overview

Representative Experience

Represented Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in connection with the 600,000-square-foot expansion of the Fox Studios property in Century City, California.
Obtained entitlements for RAND Corporation for the redevelopment of its property located in Santa Monica, California, with a 300,000-square-foot office project.
Obtained entitlements on behalf of Legacy Partners for an approximate 570-unit apartment project in Woodland Hills, California, and an approximate 190-unit apartment project in the Westwood area of Los Angeles.
Represented the developer of the master-planned redevelopment of the former Ambassador College site in Pasadena, California, consisting of almost 2,000 dwelling units.
Represented Tolkin Group in the development of Metlox Center, a mixed-use public-private project in Manhattan Beach, California. This project, and numerous other projects in the City of Malibu and elsewhere in the coastal zone, have required Coastal Act expertise.
On behalf of Robinson’s-May, successfully obtained a reversal of a proposed action by the Los Angeles Unified School District to convert the department store chain's corporate headquarters into a school site.
Obtained approval from the City of Los Angeles, in our representation of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, for the continued operation of an art museum in a single-family estate in Holmby Hills, California. This matter involved extensive negotiations with neighboring property owners and coordination with the neighborhood council in devising a set of operating conditions.