The Firm's Construction Law Practice
At FINNEY ARNOLD, LLP, our attorneys have decades of experience providing strategic guidance and general counsel advice to help our clients successfully develop, implement and manage complex construction related projects
Core Competencies
Construction agreements (partnerships, gap, bridge and permanent financing, construction)
Securing public/private land use entitlements, California tax credits and HUD funds
Crafting winning responses to Requests for Proposals
Designing Owner/Contractor Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIPs/CCIPs)
CEQA litigation, including Environmental Impact Report legal compliance issues (public/private clients)
Client Experiences
Negotiate and secure entitlements and draft design, engineering, construction and finance contracts for:
Churches to develop their land (Los Angeles)
Senior housing projects (Los Angeles, North Las Vegas)
Affordable housing projects (Los Angeles)
Stapleton Airport redesign to a multi-use project (Denver, Colorado)
Design and implement OCIPs/CCIPs for hospital, bridge, and skyscraper construction projects (California, Las Vegas)
Post-construction lease-up assistance (negotiations, leases, county service and property management agreements)
Provide support for obtaining welfare exemptions for affordable housing projects
CEQA compliance guidance and litigation support to cities, developers and community groups
Land use permitting, entitlements, construction, and finance legal assistance to the Desmond bridge construction project
Negotiated three land swaps between Long Beach and the CA State Lands Commission and acquired coastal development permits from the California Coastal Commission; managed bond counsel and financing for the Queensway Bay parking lot project, The Pike and the Pike Outlets
Helped the City of Long Beach; repurposed containers to Accessory Dwelling Units and protective walls