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Our environmental lawyers regularly conduct due diligence on environmental issues involved in the purchase, sale, leasing and financing of real property and structure environmental disclosures to make sure our clients’ transactions succeed. We also advise on the environmental requirements involved with constructing, operating and closing real property facilities and work cooperatively with agencies to obtain environmental permits and approvals. We can advise Vantage on environmental cleanup and remediation issues involved with buying, selling and managing contaminated property and facilities. We also implement cleanup programs, negotiate with environmental agencies and defend against cleanup-related litigation. We have handled the conversion to productive use of numerous properties with complex environmental issues. We specialize in resolving disputes through careful negotiations with federal and state agencies and engagement with the environmental community. When negotiations are not feasible, we can help Vantage prosecute environmental claims and represent you in environmental enforcement actions.
Our real estate litigators represent owners, investors, developers, lenders, landlords, tenants, receivers and commercial and retail brokers in negotiating, mediating, arbitrating, litigating and trying all manner of real property- related disputes. We have successfully resolved disputes related to breach of contract disputes, including breach of lease, construction and architectural agreements, partnership agreements and purchase and sale agreements; eminent domain; judicial and nonjudicial foreclosures; soil subsidence; titles and easements; unlawful detainers; and zoning compliance.
Government Approvals
Local permitting can be delayed for months or years by rezoning, appeals from neighbors or other interested parties, disputes between the developer and the jurisdiction, and an involved design process that requires multiple site plan iterations. For this reason, permitting is often the greatest hurdle to project financing. There are usually two distinct approvals required to begin construction: land use approval and building approval. A land use permit is a governing jurisdiction’s approval of the project on a conceptual level. Almost every jurisdiction in the country has some form of land use regulation, which provides a subjective system of sorting and qualifying not only the proposed use of land (retail, industrial, residential, etc.) but also the physical characteristics of the improvements (height, density, setbacks, etc.).
We understand that every development project requires careful planning informed by a solid understanding of your goals and objectives, combined with a deep familiarity with local zoning ordinances, land use restrictions, building codes, natural features regulations, water use rights, and related rules and regulations. Securing local land use entitlements from government agencies for development projects has become an increasingly complex and lengthy task and requires experience and creativity. We understand the complexities and nuances of obtaining government approvals for land development. Our experience enables us to secure the necessary entitlements for our clients.
Similarly, you will benefit from our ability to ensure a comprehensive and legally defensible approach in a species or habitat impact analysis, or a hazardous materials discussion, in the project environmental impact report. This experience sets us apart from many other law firms.
We can also assist you with the legal and economic aspects of fees and exactions, which are increasingly common through all aspects of the land development process, and also appear in an increasing variety of environmental, public service and regulatory context. We have analyzed, negotiated, litigated and adjudicated a multitude of fees, charges, special taxes and exactions involving the legitimacy, amount, timing or allocation of development fees and exactions.
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