HechtSolberg is pleased to announce that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed our partner Paul Robinson to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Board.  Paul assumed his new position Monday, May 17, and will serve a term running through June 30, 2011.

Paul is a specialist in land use, environmental and governmental law.  He has been with HechtSolberg since 1980 and is a partner in the firm’s Land Use, Planning and Entitlement group.  Before joining the firm, he was an assistant to Mayor Pete Wilson and before that, a deputy city attorney.

During his 37 year legal career, Paul has successfully represented dozens of commercial and residential land owners in significant development projects throughout San Diego and Southern California.

Paul is a member of the Real Property and Public Law sections of the California State Bar, Real Estate and Land Use sections of the San Diego County Bar Association, Lambda Alpha International, National Association of Home Builders Legal Action Network and the San Diego Lincoln Club Board of Directors.  He is active in the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Partnership.  Paul also currently serves as chair of the Mission Bay Park Committee, a mayoral and City Council appointment.

Paul has been chosen by his peers to be listed in the 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Best Lawyers in America publication.

HechtSolberg and Tyler W. Cramer are pleased and excited to announce their alliance to help clients raise equity and debt financing from private investors.

In the current economic climate, many home builders, land developers and businesses are seeking alternative funding sources. One of those alternatives — private placements — raises equity investment or debt financing from private parties with investment offerings that are exempt from certain requirements of federal and state securities laws.

Our combined expertise will improve client opportunities for private placements, creating another needed source of real estate and business financing. Read the rest of this entry »

The Urban Land Institute (”ULI”) recently published an article written by HechtSolberg Associate, Fernando Landa, in its October issue of Urban Land. The article covers the legal implications of green building and highlights some of the legal issues green building project participants should be aware of prior to getting involved in a green development.  Click here to read the full article.

Four HechtSolberg lawyers - David Bagley, Susan Daly, John Hecht and Paul Robinson - were recently selected for the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a leading referral guide to the legal profession. Published since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America recognizes attorneys chosen by their peers for their expertise in their respective fields.  David Bagley, Susan Daly, John Hecht and Paul Robinson received the honor for their work in the real estate legal profession.

At HechtSolberg we focus on business, real estate and construction — three footings for building national economic recovery. With that focus in mind, we reviewed the new federal and state economic stimulus laws to identify key provisions affecting our clients. We want you to have our summary outline of those key provisions as a convenient resource.

You will find tax credits and other tax-related incentives and benefits. You will find housing-related incentives, including how some home buyers will be eligible for both federal and California income tax credits. You will find a wide variety of opportunities for building, retrofitting and remodeling residential, office and other properties in the private and public sectors, in urban and rural settings. You will also find efforts to rekindle SBA lending for small businesses. And there are opportunities for developing, growing and capitalizing on industries critical to our future — energy efficiency, sources of renewable energy and health care among them.

Our mission is to help you identify and capitalize on elements of the new laws that will help you stimulate your business, so that you in turn can produce and stimulate other businesses.

To view our stimulus summary, click here.

For more information contact Michael Van Horne or Mickey Maher at 619.239.3444.

HechtSolberg would like to introduce our new website.

The major decline in real estate prices the past two years has resulted in the availability of a large number of troubled real estate development properties. Some are from developers whose projects are subject to pending foreclosure or distress sale. Others (either individually or as part of a portfolio) are from lenders who have already foreclosed or taken properties back by deed in lieu. In addition, a number of lenders holding defaulted real estate loans are seeking to sell those loans, again either individually or as part of a portfolio. Finally, portfolios of property and defaulted loans are expected to become available as a result of the recent Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Some of the distressed real estate assets becoming available require targeted and specialized expertise, particularly those in the process of development or sales, or where there may be a need to reprogram or redevelop to extract a property’s value. For example:

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HechtSolberg is pleased to announce the expansion of its practice with

THE ADDITION OF PARTNERS…

Michael A. Van Horne,
specializing in the areas of real estate & business transactions & finance, estate planning & trust administration;

AND

Marianne F. Adriatico,
specializing in the areas of real estate & business transactions & finance, land use planning and entitlement, commercial development & investment, common interest residential & resort development; Read the rest of this entry »

HechtSolberg’s land use group, led by Paul E. Robinson, successfully helped entitle the Casa Mira View project, an 1,848-unit multifamily community in the City of San Diego. The project received unanimous approval from the San Diego City Council and was lauded for its incorporation of cutting-edge green building concepts. For more information, contact Paul E. Robinson at (619) 239-3444.

HechtSolberg attorneys are advising a restaurant accounts receivable lender in connection with its acquisition and subsequent operation of numerous chain restaurants in California and Oregon. HechtSolberg is drawing on its collective experience to structure and negotiate most aspects of the deals, including arrangements with landlords, franchisors and other lenders.  For more information, contact Darryl O. Solberg at (619) 239-3444.