EDUCATIONAL & INSTITUTIONAL

Relocation of a new girls’ school for 450 students in grades 6 – 12 in the historic Eastern Star Home in Brentwood, Los Angeles

Key approvals:
Conditional Use Permit, Parking Variance,  EIR Mitigation Monitoring Program

Construction of a new 10-story, 115,000 sf mixed-use trade school building in Hollywood with 224 student rooms, faculty/staff apartments, 38,100 sf of instructional/administrative space, and ground floor retail

Key approvals:
General Plan Amendment, Zone/Height District Change and Site Plan Review, Environmental Impact Report

3-story public charter middle school with  500 students, 22 classrooms, a multi-purpose room, admin offices, with an outdoor recreational area, with a total campus area of 35,320 sf

Key approvals:
Conditional Use Permit, Community Plan Implementation Overlay Adjustments to allow a decrease in the Ground Floor Primary Frontage requirement and a decrease in the Active Floor Area requirement

Pre-K through 6th grade school in Culver City with an increased number of staff members permitted

Key approvals:
Conditional Use Permit

Continued operation of an existing private religious school with 77,080 sf of floor area, including a gymnasium and preschool

Key approvals:
Plan Approval

Key approvals:
Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report, approval of project, demolition of four buildings within LACMA East with construction of  392,871 gross sf encompassing the Ahmanson Building, the Hammer Building, the Art of the Americas Building, and the Bing Center, which contains the LACMA Café, the Dorothy Brown Auditorium, and the Bing Theater, and the outdoor covered areas in the LA Times Central Court

Redevelopment of a vacant 40,000 sf light industrial building in Culver City and conversion into private school for 480 students, grades K – 8.

Key approvals:
Conditional Use Permit

Demolition of an existing 1-story  warehouse building and construction, use, and maintenance of a 2-story charter school within the Vermont/Western Station Neighborhood Area (SNAP) Specific Plan, including a 24,360 sf building for use as a public transitional kindergarten – 8th grade charter school with 20 classrooms, admin offices, and outdoor rec areas, totalling 480 students

Key approvals:
Conditional Use Permit, Specific Plan Exceptions, and a Project Permit Compliance

Extensive research regarding the existing Conditional Use approvals for the private school and church, land use analysis for the feasibility of adding new classrooms and a library to the campus

Key approvals:
Coastal Development Permit through the City of LA and the CA Coastal Commission, Plan Approval application to add to existing student enrollment

Crenshaw Medical Center’s approvals to build a new complex for Kaiser Permanente  with a 101,820 sf office building, 4 ancillary structures, a conference center, café, demonstration booth, and security kiosks

Key approvals:
Site Plan Review, Exceptions from the Crenshaw Corridor Specific Plan Design Guidelines and Standards Manual, Project Permit Compliance, Project Permit Compliance Review to allow a campus signage program

OneLegacy Campus in Azusa is operating as its headquarters and transplant donation center, equipped with labs, surgical operating rooms, and other technologies in a 3-story, 94,000 sf office building for recovering, processing, distributing organs and tissues from deceased donors for transplant

Key approvals:
Facilitated Use Permit to operate 24/7 organ procurement organization

Obtained approval allowing the Gunther-Hirsch Center to operate in the new 3-story building, with 29,000 sf and a Floor Area Ratio of 1.8:1

Key approvals:
Zoning Administrator’s Adjustment