Paul has significant experience in all facets of land development including complex mixed-use redevelopment; Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs); land use plan amendments; platting, zoning and site plan approvals; variances; and land use due diligence. He also regularly assists property owners in code enforcement matters. Paul is also a licensed California General Contractor and has prior experience as a builder. As the first LEED Accredited Professional (LEED® AP) attorney in Florida and fifth in the United States, Paul was at the forefront of attorneys who recognized the significance of sustainability and green building trends on all aspects of real estate development, operations, and business in general and responded by receiving accreditation through the U.S. Green Building Council and focusing a significant portion of his practice on sustainable development. He is actively assisting clients in a variety of green building and sustainability initiatives. Areas of Concentration Real Estate Development · Represents developers and institutional property owners in land use, zoning, platting, site plan and variance matters before local government agencies, with an emphasis on complex mixed use redevelopment · Prepares and processes Applications for Approval of Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) and DRI development order amendments; secures DRI binding letters from the state; prepares and implements DRI avoidance strategies · Conducts comprehensive land use due diligence and redevelopment analyses Sustainability · Represents developers of sustainable development/ green building projects on entitlement, incentives, project governance, leasing, financing, design and construction contracting, insurance and certification issues · Counsels property owners on insurance issues for green building projects · Prepares commercial leases for landlords and tenants for buildings seeking green building certification · Counsels design, engineering and consulting professionals on contractual and risk management issues pertaining to green building projects · Represents local governments and developers seeking to deploy innovative energy efficiency and carbon reduction strategies in their communities including municipal clean energy financing programs Representative Experience Significant Redevelopment Representations · Land use entitlements for the redevelopment of Fashion Mall with mixed use town center including office, retail and residential in Plantation, Florida. · Land use entitlements for the redevelopment of the Fountains Shoppes of Distinction with mixed use including 472 residences in Plantation, Florida. · Land use entitlements for the redevelopment of the $800M Diplomat Resort, Country Club and Spa in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach, Florida. · Land use entitlements for the redevelopment of the 193-acre Munisport landfill property as a mixed use project with 6,000 residential units in North Miami, Florida. · Land use entitlements for the redevelopment of the 56-acre Buena Vista rail yard as a mixed use project with 4,500 residential units and 600,000 square feet of commercial use in Miami, Florida. Significant Representations in Sustainable Development · Served as sustainability counsel for two large scale mixed use LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Projects including Retail, Office and Residential uses, assisting with project entitlements, preparation of Demolition and Waste Management Plan, construction contract for LEED office building renovation, Tenant Design Guidelines for Sustainable Development for LEED Core & Shell office building; and Master Declarations. · Preparation of Development Agreement and entitlement assistance for 2,500 unit mixed use model "green" community in California for developer/homebuilder. · Preparation of Offsite Habitat Mitigation Agreement for proposed LEED office building in Colorado for office REIT. · Preparation of office lease for European pension fund landlord for full floor tenant going into office building proposed for LEED Existing Building retrofit in Florida. · Drafting of "green" provisions in lease for build-to-suit for international property owner/developer for proposed 1 million square foot LEED building in Georgia. · Conduct A&E contract audit and risk management assessment for international A&E firm for proposed military LEED building in Florida. · Preparation of form service contracts for LEED consulting and building commissioning services for consultant. · Preparation of professional liability insurance audit and advice for LEED consultant. · Preparation of "green" provisions in design contract for Fortune 500 company for proposed LEED company headquarters building in New York. · Conduct comprehensive project entitlement document audit and prepare green building issue and risk assessment for mixed use California project for global aircraft manufacturer. · Participation in creation of corporate green supply chain initiative for global financial institution. · Preparation of model green building ordinance for national industrial and office trade association. · Preparation of lease for landlord for proposed LEED for New Construction certified office building. · Preparation of green building provisions for build-to-suit agreement for life science facility for University. Noteworthy Experience · U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional (LEED® AP) · Licensed California General Contractor Professional & Community Involvement · Board Member, U.S. Green Building Council, South Florida Chapter, 2008 · Vice Chair, Land Use and Zoning Committee, American Bar Association Real Property Section, 2006 - 2007 · Vice Chair, Hotel, Resort and Tourism Committee, American Bar Association Real Property Section, 2005 - 2006 · Trustee Representative, Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, 2004 - 2009 · Board of Directors, Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association, 1999 - 2005 · Member, Affordable Housing Committee, Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, 2005 · Team Leader, Broward Days Growth Management Team, 2003, 2004, 2005 · Member, Executive Board, City of Plantation Chamber of Commerce, 2005 - 2009 · Member, Board of Directors, City of Plantation Chamber of Commerce, 2004 Awards & Recognition · Recipient, "2008 Key Partners" Legal-General category, Award Winner, South Florida Business Journal, September 25, 2008 · Recipient, "2007 Excellence in Writing Award for Best Cutting Edge Article -Real Property for Is a Condominium Hotel Really a Hotel? Zoning Regulations Are Evolving to Be Sure (January/February)" presented by ABA Probate and Property, January 1, 2008 · Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Green Professionals Books, Articles & Presentations Books · "Options for Clean Energy Financing Programs: Scalable Solutions for Florida's local Governments," University of Florida, October 2010 · "Energy Efficiency Retrofit and Renewable Energy Programs Using Property Assessed Financing: Florida Guide for Local Governments," University of Florida, June 2010 · "Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Energy Conservation: Development Impacts Under Florida's HB 697," University of Florida, Version 2.0, May 2010 Articles · "Green Building Litigation: No Tsunami but the Tide is Rising," Florida Real Estate Journal, March 2010 · "Managing Expectations and Risk: Be Clear That Green Building Certification is Not a Proxy for Performance," Florida Engineering Society Journal, March 2009 · "Managing Risk in the Sustainable Building Frontier: Ask for a Green Building Rating Guarantee from your Architect and you May get the Keys to the Store," Sustainable Land Development Today, November/December 2008 · "Redevelopers Beware - San Francisco's Green Building Ordinance is LEED on Acid," AR Selects Green Blogs, Architectural Record, October 24, 2008 · "Selling and Governing the Green Project: Owner Risks in Marketing, Entitlement and Project Governance," Real Estate Issues, Published by The Counselors of Real Estate, Volume 33, Number 3, 2008 · "Is the Condo Hotel Really a Hotel?," Urban Land, (Volume 66, No 5), May 2007 · "Is a Condominium Hotel Really a Hotel? Zoning Regulations Are Evolving to Be Sure," Probate & Property Magazine, January/February 2007 Vol. 21 No.1 · "When Redevelopment is Opposed, All Should Know the Rules," Daily Business Review, May 21, 2004 · "Developing within a CRA: Signs of a Healthy CRA Should be Focus of a Prudent Developer," Urban Land, (Volume 2, No 10), October 2003 · "Florida's Growth Management A+: Will it Make the Grade?," Land Use Law & Zoning Digest, August 2001 · "Entering the Construction Services Industry in Mexico: Laws Affecting Foreign Participation," NAFTA, and Other Concerns, 7 Transnat'l Law. 227 (1999) Speaking Engagements · Speaker, "Extracting Value from Shopping Center Assets," Alliance of Corporate Real Estate Executives and Specialists, Boca Raton, FL, August 2011 · Speaker, "Clean Energy Finance Program Options," Green, Energy & Climate Conference, West Palm Beach, FL, May 2011 · Speaker, "Greening the Law: Green Building Litigation, Green Leasing, Renewable Energy, Greenwashing, Green Codes and Ethics," The Florida Bar, May 2011 · Speaker, "Clean Energy Financing - Alternatives and Opportunities for Funding Retrofits and Renewables," Construction Executives Association, April 2011 · Speaker, "Kick-Starting the Clean Energy Economy in Florida: Implementation, Tools and Strategies," Conference on Renewable Energy 101 for Housing and Community Development, Institute for Professional and Executive Development (IPED), March 2011 · Moderator, " True Sustainability - Creating Value Through Performance," Florida State University Real Trends Conference, November 2010 · Roundtable Participant, "DOE Clean Energy Roadshow," Punta Gorda, FL October 2010 · Speaker, "Energy: Envisioning a New Future," USGBC Broward Branch Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, September 2010 · Speaker, "Clean Energy Finance Program Alternatives," Florida Association of Counties, Telephone Conference, September 2010 · Speaker, "GHG and Energy Conservation Issues: Comprehensive Planning Under Florida's HB 697," American Planning Association Florida 2010 Meeting, Tampa, September 2010 · Speaker, "Financing of Energy Efficiency Projects - Keeping PACE with Current Initiatives," USGBC Miami-Dade and the Keys Branch Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, September 2010 · Speaker, "Community Energy Financing Options as a PACE Alternative," ICLEI Florida State Network Meeting, Sarasota, FL, July 2010 · Speaker, "Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Energy Conservation," Comprehensive Planning Under Florida's HB 697, Planning Officials Workshop by University of Florida Program for Resource Efficient Communities, Largo, FL, May 2010 · Speaker, "Intelligent, Green & Sustainable: What Are The Innovators Doing?", RealTech Middle East, Abu Dhabi, February 2010 · Guest Speaker, "Realities of Managing Green," Dania Beach, Midgard Management Seminar, June 2009 · Guest Speaker, "AB 811 - California's Hot New Financing Tool: A Model for Florida?," Green Cities Florida conference, Orlando, May 2009 · Guest Speaker, "Legal and Risk Management in Green Building," NAIOP Virtual Conference, May 2009 · Moderator, " Green Leasing," Green Building Finance and Investment Forum, Infocast, San Francisco, March 2009 · Guest Speaker, "Managing Risk when Building Green - Entitlement, Marketing, Leasing and Project Governance Issues," Lorman Education Services, Green or Sustainable Construction in Florida Seminars, Orlando and West Palm Beach, December 2008 · Panelist, " The Business of Green," South Florida Business Journal/Oracle Seminar, November 2008 · Panelist, "The Liability of Building Green," Green Building Initiative/AGC of America Webinar, October 2008 · Guest Speaker, "Sustainability in the South Florida Region," Urban Land Institute Public Private Partnership Council, October 2008 · Guest Speaker, " Packing a Parachute: Practices that Minimize Risk when Building Green," West Coast Green, September 2008 · Guest Speaker, "Green Building & LEED: Legal and Risk Management Issues," University of Miami School of Law, Real Property Development Masters of Law Program, September 2008 · Chair and Moderator, "Green Building Finance and Investment Forum," Infocast, New York, September 2008 · Instructor, "LEED for Neighborhood Development - A Primer," Florida Chamber Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2008 · Guest Speaker, " Managing Risk for Owners and Developers when Building Green - Entitlement, Marketing, Leasing and Project Governance Issues," Lorman Education Services Hidden Risks of Green Buildings Seminars, Miami and Tampa, May 2008 · Facilitator, " Going Green," Marsh's Academy of Risk, May 2008 · Guest Speaker, "Understanding NAIOP's Legislative Toolkit for Sustainable Building Ordinance Web Seminar," NAIOP Webinar, April 2008 · Guest Speaker, "Go Green?" Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Event, February 2008 · Guest Speaker, "Risks of Going Green - Managing Risk on Airport LEED Projects," Insurance and Risk Management Conference, Airports Council International, January 2008 · Guest Appearance, "Building Green," Community Crossroads, Ion Media Network, November 2007 · Moderator, "Miami-Dade Does Green Affordably Symposium," Miami, November 2007 · Lecturer, "Going Green: Legal and Risk Management Issues," University of Miami School of Architecture, October 2007 · Moderator, "What Mixed Use and Multi-Family Developers Want: Design Clients Share Green Expectations," Green & Design Conference, October 2007 · Participant, "Green Building Roundtable," National Law Journal, September 2007 · Guest Speaker, "Building Green: It's Not a Fad," Broward Chapter of the American Planning Association, September 2007 · Guest Appearance, "Going Green", NBC 6 News, September 2007 · Guest Speaker, "Mall Makeovers: 321 North, A LEED ND Pilot Project," Developer Conference, September 2007 · Guest Speaker, "Green Building & LEED: Legal and Risk Management Issues," University of Miami School of Law, Real Property Development Masters of Law Program, September 2007 · Instructor, "Basics of Green Building and LEED; Legal and Risk Management," Greenberg Traurig Continuing Legal Education Webinar, September 2007 · Guest Speaker, "Green Building & LEED: Issues for Contractors and Subcontractors," Construction Executives Association, August 2007 · Instructor, "Sustainable and Conservation Based Development," Florida Chamber Environmental Permitting Summer School, July 2007 · Guest Speaker, "Green Redevelopment: Sustainable Development Issues and Options for Local Government Officials," FAU Institute of Government, June 2007 · Guest Speaker, "From Green to LEED and Everything in Between," ULI Design Trends Conference, June 2007 · Panelist, "Condominium Hotels," IMN Condo Hotels Symposium, Orlando, April 2007 · Lecture, "Best Practices in Community Revitalization," Florida Chamber Growth Management Short Course, February 2007 · Panelist, "Condo Hotels 101," IMN Condo Hotels Symposium, Las Vegas, December 2006 · Guest Speaker, "Issues: The Broward County Transportation Tax," WPBT Channel 2, July 2006 · Guest Speaker, "Affordable Housing," Comcast Cable, March 2006 · Panelist, "Land Development Entitlements: The Other Piece of the Brownfields Puzzle," Florida Brownfields Conference, October 2005 · Guest Speaker, "Affordable Housing," Comcast Cable, September 2005 · Guest Speaker, "Affordable Housing," Comcast Cable, February 2005 · Guest Appearance, "Florida Newsmakers," CNN/Comcast Cable, December 2003 · Guest Speaker, "Broward Days and Growth Management," Comcast Cable, February 2003 · Lecture, "Permitting of the Diplomat Resort: A Case Study," University of Miami School of Law Graduate Program in Real Property Development, 2002 Prior Affiliations · Greenberg Traurig - Co-chair Green Building & Sustainability Group In the News People on the Move, Sun-Sentinel, Paul D'Arelli, November 30, 2009 Retrofitting multi-tenant buildings for sustainability, Florida Real Estate Journal, Paul D'Arelli, December 02, 2009 Retrofitting multi-tenant buildings for sustainability, Florida real Estate Journal, Paul D'Arelli, January 15, 2010 New Partners 2010, Daily Business Review, Howard J. Berlin, Paul D'Arelli, Sharon Kegerreis, March 15, 2010 Publications Green Building Litigation: No Tsunami But the Tide Will Rise, Florida Real Estate Journal, 04/16/2010 Green Building Litigation: No Tsunami But the Tide Will Rise, Construction Law Alerts, 02/02/2010 Retrofitting Multi-tenant Buildings for Sustainability, Florida Real Estate Journal, 12/15/2009 |