The attorneys of Radler White Parks & Alexander LLP have built a reputation for successfully guiding clients through the entire life span of a development project, from initial planning and strategy, through entitlement to the defense of approvals on appeal. Our attorneys have earned accolades from clients and peers for the depth of their technical knowledge and their ability to advocate for clients before local land use hearings, at Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals, and in public and community meetings that are critical to the success of many public and private projects. Our land use attorneys are recognized as industry leaders by
Chambers USA and are listed in the 2015 edition of
The Best Lawyers in America©.
Our land use project experience has included condominium towers, office buildings, hotels, mixed-use developments, institutional expansion, public infrastructure, resorts and single-family construction. We have assisted our clients with some of the most important land use challenges in the region.
INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANNING
Our Land Use attorneys have significant experience successfully assisting clients with master planning as they seek long term solutions for expansion options, to traffic mitigation, neighborhood compatibility, natural resource protection and design review. Our clients have included medical and research facilities, as well as universities.
RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE/RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS
Our attorneys have broad experience helping clients with residential, office and retail mixed-use developments, including both vertical and horizontal mixed-use projects. We have assisted clients with transferring development rights and density, infrastructure improvements, design compatibility, and natural resource protection.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Our attorneys have assisted clients with a number of high profile public/private partnerships and negotiated complex development agreements that encompass stadiums, commercial real estate developments, infrastructure improvements and mixed-use urban redevelopments. Our clients have included private developers, cities, state agencies, universities and development authorities.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
Conditional uses are frequently challenged because of neighborhood compatibility concerns such as traffic and parking impacts, noise and aesthetics. Our attorneys are skilled at guiding clients through the regulatory and public outreach processes that are critical to the approval of conditional uses.
DESTINATION RESORTS
Our attorneys have extensive experience with destination resort entitlement. We have assisted clients with destination resort overlay zoning for land; compliance with Oregon destination resort statutes; local land use approvals and permits; mitigation obligations; master associations and sub-associations; and timeshare and condominium documents.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Our attorneys have extensive experience assisting clients with the planning and financing of urban and suburban transportation and other infrastructure. We have helped implement transportation financing plans by negotiating development agreements between developers and municipalities that include infrastructure construction. We also have helped clients negotiate agreements for cost sharing, local improvement districts, system development charge credit agreements, and reimbursement agreements.
LAND DIVISION
Our attorneys have broad experience in urban, suburban and rural land divisions for residential, commercial and industrial clients. Our work in this area includes subdivisions, partitions, planned unit developments, condominiums and lot segregations.
URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT
Our attorneys have assisted clients with multi-jurisdictional long-range planning efforts, such as Urban Reserve Area (URA) designations and Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansions. Our clients have included residential developers, employment land developers and cities.
MINING
Our attorneys have experience assisting clients with mining operations on private, federal and Indian lands in Oregon and Washington. We have represented sand, gravel and aggregate mine operators, helping them secure land use and regulatory mining approvals. We have also helped clients negotiate lease agreements, obtain conditional use permits and negotiate easement agreements for railroad rights-of-way.