Project Development Engagements

• Pier 70 – Represented the San Francisco Arts Consortium, a consortium of non profit arts groups, led by the San Francisco Art Institute, in its bid and selection by the Port to develop a performing and visual arts center at Pier 70 in San Francisco. 

• San Francisco Ferry Building - We have been extensively involved in this $100 million historic tax credit renovation project under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) which consists of office and retail uses.  Our work encompassed formation of the development entity, negotiation of a complex ground lease and development transaction with the Port of San Francisco, securing numerous entitlements from the City of San Francisco, State Lands Commission, State Historic Preservation Office and National Park Service, and resolving several sophisticated lease buyouts and a proposed condemnation proceeding.

• Concar Offices - We negotiated a ground lease for development of a 200,000 square foot office in the City of San Mateo utilizing joint venture type provisions that enabled the land owner to keep its land while giving our developer client the joint venture rewards it expected.

• Foundry Square - Located in San Francisco’s South of Market area, Foundry Square is a state of the art four-building project.  We worked on virtually every aspect of this project, from the formation of the ownership entities, the conceptualization and negotiation of complex purchase, joint venture, ground lease and operating agreements in connection with the acquisition of the underlying land, and the drafting and negotiation of construction, architectural and other design professional contracts.

• Page-One Project in Utah - We are representing the developer of approximately 1800 acres bordering Lake Powell and at the "Four Corners" junction of Utah, Arizona New Mexico and Colorado.  This project will include an "Aman Resort" with 39 guest villas and a world famous "Aman Spa".  Phase one will include the construction and sale of 24 luxury homes, with an additional 30 homes scheduled for phase two.  Our work will include ownership structuring, capital raising efforts, entitlements, executive compensation, negotiation and structuring of strategic joint ventures, financing and numerous other development efforts.

• Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5 - We are assisting our client, San Francisco Waterfront Partners, in its redevelopment of Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5, on San Francisco’s Embarcadero, into mixed use spaces: retail, office and restaurant uses.