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A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in San Francisco

mpheanis March 9, 2012 Environmental Due Diligence 0

The Phase I Environmental Site Assessment or ESA, known to many as the most essential form of environmental due diligence, can vary in complexity and challenge when conducted in the City known for liberal nature and dynamic history.  San Francisco has historically experienced several great events of great change in regards to its development which increase the complexity in regard to historical r... Read More »

The Best Laid Plans – or Rather, the Best Laid Lighting…

igrossman March 5, 2012 Environmental Due Diligence 0

I had just started as an in-house architect for a Real Estate Investment Advisory firm.  The company had just secured the acquisition of an eighteen story office in the state capital. The building was recently completed and three floors of 12,000 sf each were occupied by a state agency. I was sent to the building to discuss with the agency’s representative a number of their complaints.  Their ... Read More »