Our client is a contractor, and stymied after a number of attempts at getting approvals for a design he came to us for some help in negotiating with the Planning Department in Alameda. It is a rarity that we get to do everything we want to do in designing a house, and with stronger design review guidelines and review boards in most municipalities we have had to hone our negotiating skills and learn to pick the right battles to fight.
Read MoreRestaurants & Budgets!
Over the years we have had the great fortune of collaborating with many talented people. This has been essential to many of our projects since there are so many factors that go into making a business successful. One of our colleagues, Leslie Laskin Reese, discusses the specifics for establishing a realistic budget for opening a restaurant in her blog post, “Opening a restaurant…the reality of budgets”. Be sure to check out the article! Link listed below.