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Representative Projects

Master Planned Communities:

  • Dos Vientos Ranch*
    Thousand Oaks Specific Plan No. 7—4,300 acres of upscale homes and apartments for Courtly Homes {Miller Family) and Operating Engineers Pension Trust No. 12
  • Ahmanson Ranch**
    Ventura County—3.000 homes, 3,000,000 square feet retail and office and 1,000,000 square feet of industrial for Home Savings & Loan/Washington Thrift & Loan
  • Running Springs Ranch
    Thousand Oaks Specific Plan No. 6—1800 acres of homes for S &S Development Company/Shapell Homes
  • Oak Park Community***
    unincorporated Ventura County—4,000 homes, retail and offices for Metropolitan Development Corporation
  • Westlake Village
    North and South Ranches—upscale mixed residential, retail, office and industrial on 10,000 acres for Prudential Insurance Company as successor to American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and National Bulk Carriers
  • Lang Ranch
    Thousand Oaks—consultant for 2,000- acre mixed residential Specific Plan, with significant public park land contributions for The Lang Ranch Company, a subsidiary of Pritzker Family (Hyatt) corporation
  • Lake Sherwood Community (Master) Plan
    unincorporated Ventura County—for Murdock Development Company

    *Annexed
    **Approved and litigated. Not built– land sold to State of California
    *** Fully built out and remains in unincorporated Ventura County


Shopping Centers:

  • The Oaks, Thousand Oaks
    1,200,000 square feet with five major department store anchors for Ernest W. Hahn, Inc./Janss Corporation and now Macerich
  • Village at Newbury Park
    Seventh-day Adventist Conference of Churches
  • The Shoppes at Westlake Village
    Selleck Development Company
  • Consultant to Rouse Company
    Shopping centers in cities of Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks
  • Renovation of Shopping Center
    Crowe Holdings in Westlake Village
  • Renovation of Conejo Valley Plaza Shopping Center
    Beauchamp Family, LLC, Thousand Oaks
  • Home Depot projects
    Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark
  • Kohl’s Center
    Robertson Properties Group in Ventura and Thousand Oaks.
  • Janss Marketplace
    Newmark Merrill in Thousand Oaks

Industrial:

  • Rancho Conejo Industrial Park, Thousand Oaks
    Elstree-Janss, Limited, a subsidiary of MGM and the Janss Corporation.
  • Asphalt Plant serving Central Coast, outside Santa Paula
    Granite Construction Corporation.
  • Small unit industrial condominiums, Thousand Oaks and City of Simi Valley
    Bollinger Construction Corporation and then Steadfast Properties.
  • Redevelopment of Northrup Grumman 100 acres
    IDS in Thousand Oaks.
  • Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings
    Alexandria Real Estate Equities in Thousand Oaks.
  • 750,000 square feet of new business park
    Shapell Properties, Inc. in Thousand Oaks.
  • 180,000 square feet of new office/biosciences buildings
    Sares Regis in Thousand Oaks.
  • 500,000 square feet of new office/light industrial in 9 buildings
    Sares Regis in Thousand Oaks.
  • Parcelization of industrial land
    Sunbelt Enterprises in Moorpark.

Office:

  • Westlake Park Place, Thousand Oaks – 500,000 square feet
    Richland
  • Pacific Savings & Loan Building, Thousand Oaks
  • McDonough Family, West Los Angeles
  • The Ridge (condominiums), Agoura Hills
    Scheu Development
  • Exxon Western Regional Headquarters, Thousand Oaks
    Exxon Corporation and now new owner Tristar
  • New office/flex buildings in Santa Paula
    Tristar
  • Office building in Westlake Village
    IDS

Development Agreements:

  • Hilton Foundation Headquarters, Agoura Hills
  • Parklands, Ventura
  • Warehouse Discount Center, Moorpark
  • Dos Vientos Ranch, Thousand Oaks

Farm Labor and Affordable Housing:

  • Rancho Sespe, Ventura County outside Santa Paula -100 farm labor housing units
    Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation
  • Westside Community, Ventura – Redevelopment
    San Buenaventura Housing Authority
  • Westwood Communities Downtown Apartments
  • Consultant to Goldrich, Kest and Associates and Raznick & Sons
  • Riverside Charitable -Moorpark
  • Meta Housing project in Thousand Oaks

Public Affairs:

  • Special Counsel to Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District, Culver City Unified School District and Dry Creek Elementary School District
  • Represent Owners of vacation rental homes
  • Camarillo Airport Hanger Owners’ Association
  • AMR and Laidlaw Medical Transport, City of Ventura

Prominent Residential Developments:

  • Three Springs Ranch*, Westake Village – 645 acre, 400 homes
    Pacifica Corporation, a subsidiary Pacific Mutual Savings & Loan
  • Parklands Specific Plan, Ventura
    Westwood Communities Corp.
  • Lynmere and Deer Ridge, Thousand Oaks
    Standard Pacific Corporation
  • Weston Village, Ventura
    Westwood Communities Corp/Pacific Heritage Corporation
  • Woodridge Estates, Thousand Oaks – upscale residences
    Woodridge Capital Corporation
  • Hidden Canyon, Thousand Oaks – condominiums
    Griffin Homes
  • Los Robles Estates and Racquet Club Villas, Thousand Oaks – condominiums
    Wayland and Schad

*Processed in Los Angeles County; approved by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; now within City of Westlake Village

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