GREENSTEIN DELORME & LUCHS, P.C.

1620 L Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, D.C.  20036-5605

Telephone: (202) 452-1400    Facsimile: (202) 452-1410

 
Text Box: Text Box: Practice Areas—Land Use, Planning, Zoning & Historic Preservation & Municipal Affairs

Our attorneys working closely with outside counsel and other development professionals, are active in all phases of the real estate development process, including property selection, due diligence investigations, acquisition, financing, planning, design and obtaining federal and local land use approvals, building permits, and other related permits and licenses.  In order to most effectively serve its clients’ needs, the Land Use Team maintains a close working relationship with key leaders in the Executive and Legislative Branches and agencies.  The Land Use Team is able to assist clients in the following and related areas:

 

Represent property owners and developers before District of Columbia agencies, including the Zoning Commission, the Board of Zoning Adjustment, the Historic Preservation Review Board and the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation concerning various land use matters;

 

Assist and counsel property owners and developers before various federal agencies, including the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission;

 

Represent property owners and developers in transactions involving the transfer of development rights;

 

Take the necessary steps to achieve the closing of public streets and alleys or the dedication of public streets in the District of Columbia;

 

Prosecute applications for lot consolidations and subdivisions and facilitate those reviews by appropriate District Government agencies;

 

Obtain large tract review approvals from appropriate District Government agencies; and

 

Assist in the performance of environmental review,  and assist in the processing of all permit applications, certificate of occupancy  applications and other required operating licenses.

Pictured above is the National Building Museum, located in the 400 block of F Street, N.W.  The National  Building Museum is one of many buildings in the District of Columbia that has been designated as a historic landmark.