David Waite

Biography: David is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Cox, Castle Nicholson, LLP. David has substantial real estate transactional and project development expertise providing strategic counsel to public entity, developer, and corporate clients at the local, state and federal level on land use, environmental and regulatory matters. David’s practice broadly encompasses regulatory and administrative compliance proceedings, including navigating complex land use approvals and environmental clearances under the California Environmental Quality Act. David’s land use practice includes development agreements, annexations, discretionary land use permits, infrastructure agreements, public-private partnerships, subdivisions, variances, zoning, environmental, regulatory compliance, and legislative matters. Representative projects include multifamily development, affordable and market-rate housing, master-planned communities, regional shopping centers, industrial, high-rise development, transit-oriented mixed-use development, senior housing, assisted living, hospitals, medical office buildings, cemeteries and mortuaries, concert venues, schools, golf courses, hotels, resorts, Brownfields redevelopment, and solid waste facilities. David is a collaborative lawyer often coordinating and working side by side on complex projects with a team of professionals including architects, transactional attorneys, engineers, land planners, environmental and community relations specialists. Throughout his practice, David is actively engaged with community representatives, business leaders, elected officials, public planning officials, and building officials. David is a member of The Counselors of Real Estate (“CRE”). He is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (“ACREL”). He has been selected by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the “Top 50 Development Attorneys” in California. David is actively involved in numerous Real Estate Industry associations. He is a ULI Governor. He has served as the past Chair of the Urban Land Institute's Los Angeles District Council (“ULI-LA”). He is President of the Los Angeles Headquarters Association and a member of the Westside Urban Forum. He previously served on the Advisory Board of the California Infill Builders Federation.