AGC provides a complete package of redevelopment counseling and litigation services to its public clients. These services include:
Agency structuring and formation
Counseling on redevelopment law compliance
Transactional negotiations
Drafting Exclusive Negotiating Agreements, Disposition and Development Agreements, Owner Participation Agreements, Leases, Purchase Agreements, Sales Agreements and Options
Project scheduling and implementation
Project monitoring
Creative financing assistance including grants, rebates, loans, mortgages, tax increment financing, assessment districts, sales tax and utility tax equivalent rebates and other innovative financing tools.
An extensive knowledge of municipal law allows AGC's attorneys to coordinate the efforts of many departments (such as planning, finance, and public works departments) as well as outside agencies (such as water, sewer, health, and environmental agencies) to achieve efficient and successful redevelopment efforts.
The list of projects implemented by AGC includes hotels, several automobile dealerships, industrial buildings, large and small shopping centers, restaurants, residential and commercial subdivisions, for-sale and rental affordable housing, trailer park conversions, and all types of residential and commercial rehabilitation assistance.
AGC is unique as one of the few law firms in California with expertise encompassing all facets of redevelopment and housing law: from general legal counseling and project guidance, to transactional advocacy and negotiation, to bare-knuckles litigation. AGC's attorneys have the skills and experience to provide a full range of redevelopment and housing services. Collectively, attorneys in the Firm's Redevelopment and Public Housing Practice Group have over 100 years' experience in redevelopment and housing law.
In addition to the Firm's transactional and counseling services, AGC has successfully defended redevelopment agencies in challenges to the adoption and amendment of redevelopment plans, the awarding of OPAs and DDAs to rival developers, compliance with environmental requirements (such as compliance with CEQA), and compliance with the terms of contracts and redevelopment agreements. AGC's attorneys have also litigated the complex aspects of environmental remediation common in many redevelopment and public housing projects, including abatement of hazardous materials at redevelopment sites, cost-recovery (under the Polanco Act and other statutes) for environmental remediation, and public nuisance claims arising from contaminated properties planned for redevelopment.
The Firm's dedication to community revitalization through redevelopment and public housing is evident in the numerous projects that AGC has been integral in bringing to completion, and stands as a key component to the Firm's overall commitment to community improvement and public service.