Real Estate, Zoning & Environmental Services

Real Estate:

Our real estate professionals represent a diverse group of individuals and corporations through all aspects of real estate-related transactions. Our projects range in size from single-tract transactions to multi-use developments and planned communities. Projects include office buildings, medical office buildings, assisted living projects, retirement care communities, apartment complexes, rehabilitation housing, residential subdivisions, ranch, dairy and farm sales, restaurants, golf courses, hotels, shopping centers, and industrial parks. Our group handles projects throughout the State of Arizona, and in other states across the nation. Because of the depth of the firm’s practice, our real estate clients are able to draw upon experience in nearly every area of the law.

Zoning:

Attorneys in the Land Use and Entitlement Group represent a diverse group of individuals and corporations through all aspects of land use and entitlements. Our clients include Residential Property Owners, Land investors, Master Planned Community Developers, Retail, Office and Commercial Developers, Multi-family and Single Family Residential Developers and National and local retail business. Projects range in size from small single family homes to large master planned communities; from small retail business to large scale commercial or office developments. Our group handles projects throughout the State of Arizona and in every jurisdiction. Because of the depth of the firm’s practice, our real estate clients are able to draw upon experience in nearly every area of the law.

The scope of practice in the Land Use and Entitlement area includes traditional entitlement services such as the preparation, filing and work related to any all entitlement applications including general plan amendments, rezoning, conditional and special use permits, plats, lot combinations/splits, variances, site plans, abandonments and signage permits.  Our broad range of practice also includes support exhibit preparation, development services support, zoning code violations, site selection support, neighborhood effort support, development agreements, and matters with the Arizona State Land Department.

Environmental Services:

The firm has environmental practitioners licensed in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and the District of Columbia which allows us to represent our clients in environmental disputes across the United States.  The firm provides the entire scope of environmental representation including permitting of industrial production facilities, cleanup of contaminated sites, advice on compliance and reporting, comments on legislation/regulation, environmental education/training, environmental audits, enforcement issues, and drafting securities disclosures/environmental reserves.  We also advise on lender liability, fiduciary liability and officer and director liability under environmental laws, and assist our clients in “going green,” “sustainability” other laws, rules and public policy affecting businesses and investments.

Representative clients include oil and gas companies, metal recycling companies, manufacturing facilities and mining companies in federal and state environmental permitting proceedings and litigation associated with federal or state agency permitting decisions.  Additionally, the firm has extensive experience representing industrial manufacturing clients with regulatory counseling, responses to emergency incidents and chemical spills, response to Notices of Violation, permit development, environmental audits and compliance matters.

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