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Representative Matters Include:
• Represented Cisterra Development and JStreet Development in successful litigation against hotel union, Unite Here Local
30 (Unite Here), alleging violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) related to two downtown development
projects in San Diego, CA. This win was the fifth straight time the firm had defeated Unite Here in CEQA lawsuits.
• Represented Lowe Enterprises and Holland Partner Group in securing permits for their joint development of a smart growth, mixed use project along the San Diego Riverfront. The project included a rezone, land use plan amendments, a vesting tentative map, a conditional use permit and a flexible specific plan authorizing 840 multi-family units, a three-acre riverfront park, habitat restoration project, and the restoration of the aging Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, all with pedestrian access to a trolley stop. The project overcame hotel union and
construction trade union opposition to win the support of the San Diego City Council.
• Representation of a private individual on a mixed-use hotel project on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. In addition to managing
the environmental review process and development team, we also are advising our client on community engagement, political
support from elected officials, and litigation risk assessment.
• Representation of Koar Institutional Advisors on a 160-key mixed-use hotel project on Selma Avenue in Hollywood. In
addition to managing the environmental review process and development team, we also are advising our client on community
engagement, political support from elected officials, and litigation risk assessment.
• Representation of Grupo Habita on a 66-key, mixed-use hotel in Downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District on Alameda and 4th
Streets. In addition to managing the environmental review process and development team, we also are advising our client on
community engagement, political support from elected officials, and litigation risk assessment.
• Represented the Hotel Del Coronado in an appeal of coastal development permit to the California Coastal Commission for the Hotel Del Coronado Amended Master Plan, designed to add a new conference center and new guestrooms to the
historic hotel.
• Represented Hawaiian Gardens Casino on permitting matters for a casino project.
• Represented Beverly Hills Hospitality Group on a land use entitlement matter.
• Represented the Yosemite West Lodging Company in a land use matter in Mariposa County, CA.
• Provided Stations Casinos with land use advice regarding various projects.
•Represented Pacific Hospitality Group in negotiations of a development agreement and lease with County of
San Diego, CA.
• Represented Lane Field San Diego Developers, LLC in the appeal of its Port-issued Coastal Development Permit,
successfully obtaining approval of the permits from the California Coastal Commission to allow this $115 million project to move forward and to activate San Diego’s bayfront with two hotels, visitor-serving retail, underground public parking, and nearly two acres of public space.
• Provided Citigroup with land use and real estate due diligence counsel in connection with the foreclosure of the St. Regis Monarch Beach. The review and analysis of Coastal Commission and City of Dana Point entitlements assisted Citigroup with assessing the true valuation of the hotel and the potential of future entitlements on the property.
• Represented Strategic Hotels & Resorts in connection with an expansion of one of the country’s most breathtaking and renowned resort destinations, the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, CA. The project required negotiations with the City of Dana Point and the California Coastal Commission, and preparation of the Mitigated Negative Declaration under CEQA. City entitlements were achieved for 38 additional ocean view hotel rooms, 10,000 square feet of new meeting/ ballroom space, a 1,000 square foot retail expansion, 4,000 square feet of new office space, and removal of three or four tennis courts.
• Represented Lumiere Carlsbad Village Hotel in obtaining a Major Redevelopment Permit Tentative Tract Map and Coastal Development Permit to allow construction of a four-story, mixed-use project with 39 hotel rooms, 10 market-rate condominiums, two affordable housing units, and a restaurant in a coastal redevelopment area.
• Represented C.W. Clark, Inc., in the equity formation and land use work connected with a redevelopment project involving the construction of a new hotel and refurbishment of improvements related to an adjacent arts and culture center. This representation required the formation of an LLC to operate the project. In addition, the entitling of the land further required review of CEQA documents, permit processing and the negotiation of a Disposition and Development Agreement with the City of Escondido, CA.
• Represented The Montage Hotel in Laguna Beach, CA for Coastal Commission permits.
• Represented the developer of the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad, CA in a 1,000 acre planned community development
with Arnold Palmer Golf Course and a resort hotel located on Bataquitos Lagoon in the City of Carlsbad.
• Obtained land use entitlements for the Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe and a 100 room expansion of the Napa
Clarion Hotel.
• Provision of all legal services in connection with the renovation of the Campton Place Hotel in San Francisco, CA and the
Checkers Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
• Represented Underwater World at Pier 39, San Francisco, in the processing of entitlements and resulting land
use litigation.