Planning / Demographics

• Site Survey and evaluations
• Real Estate Economics
• Municipal investigation and processing
• Lender coordination and support
• Business plan review for physical Location
• Demographics modelling and evaluation
• Physical growth plan-feasibility and economic analysis
• Complete Project Management services

Site Selection and Acquisition

• Real estate analysis and selection
• Due diligence
• Parcel analysis, highest/best use
• Lease and purchase support

Entitlements

• Conditional use permits and design review approval
• Land use & zoning analysis
  • GPA, SPA, CUPs, Municipal requirements
  • AQMD, CEQA, Army Corps, Transportation Authorities, Flood Control Districts
  • Civil, Endangered Species, etc. etc.
• Studies (traffic, impact, lead, asbestos, EIR, Civil, etc.)
• City fees mitigation and negotiation
• Alcohol license – health department and other municipal and regulatory coordination

Architectural Design

• Site and master planning
• Design development oversight
• Prototype design
• Design constructability and value engineering
• Construction documents
• Permitting and expediting

Construction Management

• Develop a detailed management plan
• Develop expansion plan
• Create master schedule
• Maintain schedule and budgets
• Cost and document control
• Change order management
• Progress monitoring and reporting
• Cost accounting and payment
• Operations and maintenance manuals, warranties and close out documents
• Final project reporting and payment

Environmental Services

• Environmental permitting
• EPA and local compliance and violation resolution
• Agency consultation
• Expedite services

Management for 100 completed locations, 200 entitled locations and services on over 400 sites.

From real estate acquisition to store opening.

Tesco-Fresh and Easy Neighbourhood Markets

• Selected by Fresh & Easy, and Mckenna, Long and Aldridge (F&E Corporate Attorneys) to provide initial overview and consultation on all F&E draft leases, purchase agreements and legal program set up.
• Assisted in drafting contracts with brokers, landlords and creating expansion networks capable of providing 1000 stores in 5 years.
• Assisted in creating F&E Real Estate acquisition protocol. How to acquire the property not location of stores. 
• Provided management for 100 completed locations, 200 entitled locations and provided services on over 400 sites. From real estate acquisition to store opening.

Acted as corporate agent on all developed locations with corporate signing powers of attorney with city entitlements and lease agreements (when needed).

• Managed due diligence on over 400 locations, with 100% Municipal approval record. 
• Developed 100 including the first store open in F&E Chain located in Hemet, CA. Obtained certificate of occupancy for Moreno Valley Distribution Center after F&E and consultants were unable to do so.
• San Diego TIF Fee category and law change. Savings of several million dollars over following 3 years for San Diego sites. Used new interpretation in other jurisdictions to lower fees. 
• Requested by F&E to take on risky projects including a location in Riverside at Colorado and Van Buren which required full due diligence to close escrow in 19 days. 
• 3rd and Carroll in San Francisco. Coordinated with Goldman Sachs and city to instantly purchase $8,000,000 F&E site in Downtown San Francisco.
• Created the Real Estate Development wheel. 
• Created the development and permitting procedures, including operations for F&E. The process was so successful that F&E presented the program to Tesco UK and Tesco China. Much of the plan was adopted by Tesco.
• Creation of revolutionary site plans which allowed for ease in manipulation and swift adaptation of real estate to F&E requirements.
• Assisted in creating Virtual Bus Rides. Virtual property tours allowing executives to view property remotely and approve sites while remaining in the office. Incredible time and money savings as well as logistics improvements.

"I worked extensively with David and his team on a number of very complicated projects for a mutual client. His professionalism, knowledge of his business, leadership skills, excellent client service is truly first rate. I have gone back and worked with him and his team on a number of other projects. He was a pleasure to work with and for. Always responsive, at all hours of the day. I highly recommend him!!!"

Andrea Chang - Mckenna, Long & Aldridge

"The William Lawrence Group was instrumental in helping us work through a complicated, large dollar construction financing. They were knowledgeable and articulate and did an excellent job focusing on problems and finding solutions. While they are highly competent in their field, probably the most impressive part of our interaction with them was their commitment to seeing the project through to completion. The Group generously gave of their time, often without compensation. If we were to do another large scale construction project, I would want them involved. On another note, The William Lawrence Group came to the bank and gave a seminar to our senior loan officers and executives on the subject of construction management. The seminar was most informative and has served as a useful guide to our construction lending activity. It is a pleasure to recommend this group." 

Steve Rolfe - ProAmerica Bank

Victory Outreach International: 1000 worldwide Churches

• Hired only hours before the County of Los Angeles final CUP revocation hearing and vote. Attended the hearing, convinced county to cancel the revocation vote to allow us to review the conditions with staff.
• Worked with LA County staff to renegotiate CUP conditions and keep location open
• Completed all CUP requirements and signed off all previous CUP violations.
• La Puente Sale 
• VOI decided to sell the location and was advised by real estate agents and professionals that $12-15 million was the max they could expect for the sale. We took on the task of creative marketing and sold location for $21,000,000. $6 million higher than the highest estimate.
• Drafted the sales agreement in such a way that when the residential market declined the buyer had to go through with the sale.
• Located and purchased locations (with excess sale funds) for VOI in Moreno Valley (302 acres) and Chino CA. for new World Wide headquarters and campus. Designed and completed Chino Location.

Victory Outreach Oxnard

• Work with Leaders to resolve challenged location
• Worked to obtain $3,000,000 in financing
• Design Development
• Value Engineering
• Municipal approvals
• Construction management 

Mexico

• Worked with local Mexican officials, landlords and operators to secure facility in Ensenada, Mexico.

Misc. and various other locations

• 304 Acres development in Reche Canyon CA.
• San Jose, CA. Worked with local congregation to change City restrictions
• Riverside, CA.
• Whittier, CA
• San Diego, CA

WICKES LUMBER

• Manufacturing relocation, downsizing and repositioning of 100 Wickes Locations
• Tasked with analyzing each Wickes Lumber location, truss manufacturing plants and millwork manufacturing facilities.
• Analyze to highest best use, closure, relocation, sub lease, sale, etc.
• Made recommendations and managed many of the relocations and repositioning’s.

Succasunna, New Jersey

• After retail and manufacturing facility was lost in a large fire, we worked with the client, found a new location, secured it for clients use, entitled and reconstructed.
• Re-configured clients’ process, yard and retail layout for 30% greater efficiency and 25% increased sales in just 60 days.
• Located 100 year old photograph showing additional necessary access points to site.
• Petitioned city and council and won the rights to re-open historic access points providing improved delivery and traffic access to location.

Econo Lube N' Tune, Inc.

• Expanded chain from 150 to over 300 locations and 13 new states (23 total) in approximately 30 months. Sourced and prequalified real estate for company owners, set up and managed regional design and entitlement teams, contractors and national equipment buying plan.
• Increased internal efficiency (internal development costs) 40% and lowed per unit construction costs by 20%.
• Worked with designers and executives to streamline construction methods and costs. Reduced waste and development time.
• Oversaw all EPA and OSHA compliance issues. Solved fines and created training programs. Solved major violations of over $10,000,000 for $0.00 in cost to client. Managed Superfund clean-up cases for 8 years with no fines to Corporation.