Disciplines Managed

The following are the disciplines managed and/or performed by the Selva partners. Starred items indicate core competency. Non-starred items indicate disciplines with which we have in- depth collaborative experience.

Physical and Policy Planning

  • Master site planning and urban design (in strategic alliance with The Planning Studio www.tpslandplanning.com )
  • General plan analysis*
  • Policy and zoning plans, design guidelines*
  • Environmental assessments
  • Land use law
  • Entitlement strategy and liaison*
  • Political strategy
  • Local, state and federal regulatory permitting*
  • Community outreach and presentations*
  • Decision-maker liaison*
  • Referenda and initiatives *

Urban Design

  • Landscape design*
  • Irrigation design and water budgeting
  • Integrated landscape management
  • Resort and residential architecture
  • Golf course architecture
  • Recreation planning*
  • Lighting design
  • Signage

Real Estate Finance

  • Development pro forma*
  • Joint ventures and financing*
  • Environmental econometrics*
  • Feasibility studies and real estate due diligence*
  • Real estate brokerage (affiliated individual California licensees 01231856 and 01355436)
    http://www2.dre.ca.gov/PublicASP/pplinfo.asp
  • Marketing and presentations*
  • Sourcing, identifying, and underwriting real estate acquisition opportunities*
  • Financial modeling and pro-forma preparations for new and existing investments*
  • Market research and real estate valuation analysis*
  • Investment and transaction closing expertise*

Natural Resources

  • Biological assessments and monitoring plans
  • Wetlands restoration*
  • Aquatic habitat design
  • Natural resource management plans*
  • Conservation easements*
  • Conservation (e.g., biological and carbon) credits*
  • Fuel modification, and fire modeling and protection plans*
  • Greenhouse gas evaluations
  • Cultural resource evaluations
  • Tree surveys and arborist care programs

Computer Graphics and Programming

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*
  • Graphics*
  • Data base administration and software development*
  • Visual simulations and models (virtual and physical)
  • Website design*

Engineering

  • Traffic studies and parking design
  • Regional and local infrastructure design
  • Tract maps
  • Grading design
  • LEED evaluations
  • Geologic investigations

Hydrology and Hydraulics

  • Hydraulics, hydrology and floodplain management
  • Water quality management plans and “Best Management Practices”