Zoning & Entitlements

Representative Experience

  • Represented Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in connection with the 600,000-square-foot expansion of the Fox Studios property in Century City, California.
  • Obtained entitlements for RAND Corporation for the redevelopment of its property located in Santa Monica, California, with a 300,000-square-foot office project.
  • Obtained entitlements on behalf of Legacy Partners for an approximate 570-unit apartment project in Woodland Hills, California, and an approximate 190-unit apartment project in the Westwood area of Los Angeles.
  • Represented the developer of the master-planned redevelopment of the former Ambassador College site in Pasadena, California, consisting of almost 2,000 dwelling units.
  • Represented Tolkin Group in the development of Metlox Center, a mixed-use public-private project in Manhattan Beach, California. This project, and numerous other projects in the City of Malibu and elsewhere in the coastal zone, have required Coastal Act expertise.
  • On behalf of Robinson’s-May, successfully obtained a reversal of a proposed action by the Los Angeles Unified School District to convert the department store chain's corporate headquarters into a school site.
  • Obtained approval from the City of Los Angeles, in our representation of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, for the continued operation of an art museum in a single-family estate in Holmby Hills, California. This matter involved extensive negotiations with neighboring property owners and coordination with the neighborhood council in devising a set of operating conditions.

For more information, please contact Roger J. Holt.