Practice Focus: David Waite is a real estate, land use and environmental law practitioner. His practice includes transactional, administrative law and litigation.
- Work Phone:(310) 284-2218
- Work Fax:(310) 284-2100
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A Closer Look
David Waite has substantial real estate transactional and project development expertise providing strategic counsel to public entity, developer, and corporate clients at the local, state and federal level on land use, environmental and regulatory matters. David’s practice broadly encompasses regulatory and administrative compliance proceedings, including navigating complex land use approvals and environmental clearances under the California Environmental Quality Act. David’s land use practice includes development agreements, annexations, discretionary land use permits, infrastructure agreements, public-private partnerships, subdivisions, variances, zoning, environmental, regulatory compliance, and legislative matters. Representative projects include multifamily development, affordable and market-rate housing, master-planned communities, regional shopping centers, industrial, high-rise development, transit-oriented mixed-use development, senior housing, assisted living, hospitals, medical office buildings, cemeteries and mortuaries, concert venues, schools, golf courses, hotels, resorts, Brownfields redevelopment, and solid waste facilities. David is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (“ACREL”). He has been identified by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the “Top 50 Development Attorneys” in California. David is actively involved in numerous Real Estate Industry associations. He is the Governance Chair and immediate past Chair of the Urban Land Institute's Los Angeles District Council (“ULI-LA”). He is Chairman Emeritus of the Southern California Real Estate Alliance, board member of the Los Angeles Headquarters Association, and a member of the Westside Urban Forum. He previously served on the Advisory Board of the California Infill Builders Federation.
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Experience
- Professional Disciplines
- Attorney
- Corporate Real Estate Officer
- Areas of Expertise
- Environmental
- Expert Witness
- Government Relations
- Land Use, Master Planning
- Litigation Support
- Markets Served