Genentech
We advised Genentech in replanning its headquarters campus, assisting in land acquisition, and securing all authorizations to double (more than 6 million square feet) the company's headquarters campus in South San Francisco through approval of a new master plan, environmental impact report, and expansion of the Genentech R&D District. This project involved replacing existing buildings and providing for infrastructure improvements and financing to serve the new buildings. We also represented this client in the siting of its $750 million, three-phase biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility on 50 acres in the City of Vacaville, assisting in processing the necessary land use and environmental approvals, managing the environmental review under CEQA, and negotiating a development agreement with the City of Vacaville and the Redevelopment Agency.
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San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
We represented the Authority, from its creation in January of 2002, through the transfer of the San Diego International Airport from its prior operator, the San Diego Unified Port District, to the Authority. This included the negotiation of transfers of the personal property, real estate and contracts relating to the Airport, and negotiating a division of the financial assets held by the Port, but deriving from the Airport, as well as working with the Federal Aviation Administration on the approval of the transfer, and numerous state and regional regulatory authorities on the repermitting of the operations of the Airport upon the transfer. We also drafted new codes and policies to guide the new Authority's activities. We continue to assist the Authority in a wide variety of matters, including its first Airport Master Plan and Environmental Impact Report on that Plan, both adopted in May 2008, and litigation with the exclusive FBO operator.
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Apple Inc.'s New Cupertino Campus
Serving as land use, CEQA, and natural resource permitting counsel to Apple in connection with a new, approximately 3-million-square-foot campus in Cupertino, California.
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BRE Properties’ Walnut Creet BART Project
Assist BRE Properties with the entitlement of a mixed-use, transit-oriented development project at the BART Station in Walnut Creek, California. This 16-acre site will be developed with a replacement parking garage for BART parking, a 30,000-square-foot commercial building, approximately 590 multi-family residential units, approximately 8,000 square feet of retail use, and associated parking.
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First Solar, Inc.
Advise FirstSolar, a major developer of utility-scale photovoltaic solar facilities, on environmental, land use, natural resource, and real estate aspects of complex solar permitting, transmission, and facility development, including compliance with NEPA and the CEQA, the federal and California Endangered Species Acts, the Williamson Act, and local zoning and related laws and regulations.
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Genentech’s Headquarters Expansion Project
Advise Genentech in replanning its headquarters campus in South San Francisco, assisting in land acquisition, and securing all authorizations to double (more than 6 million square feet) the campus through approval of a new master plan, environmental impact report, and expansion of the Genentech R&D district. This project involves replacing existing buildings, infrastructure improvements, and financing for the new buildings.
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Gilead’s Headquarters Expansion
Obtained final approval from Foster City in connection with Gilead’s proposal to double the size of its headquarters/R&D campus. The city approvals included a new corporate campus master plan for the 40-acre campus, environmental impact report, rezoning for greater density and less parking, and a 20-year development agreement to protect Gilead’s rights under those approvals. Contemporaneously, Foster City agreed to transfer to Gilead roadways and water and wastewater facilities that run through the property, allowing Gilead to create a compact and unified campus. During this process, we also represented Gilead in its acquisition of Electronics For Imaging’s 30-acre corporate campus, which borders Gilead’s campus, including the transfer of EFI’s development entitlements for possible future Gilead expansion.
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Intermodal Container Freight Facility in Los Angeles
Advise Union Pacific Railroad on land use and other environmental permitting matters for $400 million rail facility in Los Angeles. Because of the opposition of some community groups, the project is undergoing a detailed environmental review.
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San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Served as counsel to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority since its establishment. We advised the Authority on compliance with all state and federal laws relating to the establishment of the operation of the Authority, such as the Brown Act and the Political Reform Act, as well as California public contracting laws and public employment laws. We handled the transfer of the airport, its assets, personnel, and operations from the Port of San Diego to the Authority. We drafted new codes and policies to guide the new Authority’s activities, including its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and related concession plan for SAN. In addition, we successfully resolved claims the Authority had inherited under construction contracts for the Quieter Homes Program. We continue to assist the Authority on a wide variety of matters, including its first Airport Master Plan and Environmental Impact Report on that Plan, both adopted in May 2008, and the construction of Terminal 2 West, as well as litigation with the exclusive FBO operator.
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Special Land Use Counsel to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Serve as special land use counsel to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in the siting of its major hospital and medical office facilities throughout Northern California and the Central Valley. Since 1991, we have represented the company on all facets of its entitlements process, including CEQA advice, negotiation of development agreements, rezoning, and preliminary and final development plan approvals on more than a dozen of its medical facilities, including major Kaiser Permanente facilities in Oakland, Los Angeles, San Jose, Antioch, Emeryville, San Francisco, Vallejo, Santa Clara, San Rafael, Sacramento, Modesto, Vacaville, and Walnut Creek.
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