Experience

• Representing leading commercial development company in obtaining land use permits for a multi-block technology office project in the Vancouver, WA waterfront.
• Representing terminal operator in obtaining land use permits for renewable fuels infrastructure and ongoing challenge to City of Portland land use decision.
• Managed all facets of reuse and redevelopment land use entitlement, including historic landmarks review for client’s renovation of a prominent historic building and Portland, Oregon landmark. Key components included renovation, a new six-story half block multi-family addition, demolition review for existing structures on the block, a property line adjustment and no-build covenant, negotiations with concerned neighbors, and compliance with City inclusionary housing mandates.
• Obtained entitlements for 5-building master planned mixed use development in Portland’s South Waterfront area, including complex Inclusionary Housing structuring within the master plan, design review appeal, and infrastructure challenges.
• Represented leading multifamily housing developer in all aspects of land use entitlements for mixed use and multi-family projects along Vancouver, WA waterfront.
• Obtained conditional use approval for critical wastewater infrastructure at a paper mill facility; despite significant local opposition.
• Obtained Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment and Zone Change in SW Portland to allow conversion of hotel to residential units
• Handled land use permitting and negotiation with neighborhood opponents for a flexible term housing and hotel project in NE Portland
• Represented a joint venture in developing a last-mile distribution facility in the Portland Harbor.
• Represented grocery chain regarding innovative product distribution during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Represented developer in annexation and development of industrial campus in Wilsonville, OR
• Represented developer seeking to purchase and develop City owned land in Portland’s Central Eastside. Land uses challenges included sharing of density rights between the two properties and implementing new Code language for this area in a number of areas of first impression.
• Represented client in its redevelopment of Portland’s tallest building, which includes a multi-story tower and a multi-story data processing building with sensitive underground uses, connected by a sky-bridge and large underground parking garage, both within the city’s right-of-way.

Honors & Activities

• Board Member and Member, Public Affairs Committee, Oregon Chapter of NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development
• Policy Committee Member, Oregon Smart Growth
• Board of Directors Member and Facilities Committee Member, Neighborhood House
• Member, Land Use and Housing Committee, Portland Business Alliance
• Portland Action Tables, Business Success and Job Creation
• Leadership Portland Class of 2021
• Former Member, Oregon State Bar Land Use Legislative Committee

Insights & Presentations

• Presenter, Legislative Issues on the West Coast: Working With Policymakers to Make a Difference for CRE, June 17, 2021
• Co-presenter, “Affordable Housing Update,” 22nd Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 12, 2018
• Presenter, “Affordable Housing,” The New Normal: Preparing for Portland’s New Development Trends, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 24, 2018

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