Brady McShane is a partner in Manatt's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group.  He advises clients on the numerous regulatory, environmental, political and technical issues involved in developing property in California, specializing in environmental review in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and securing land use entitlements and regulatory permits.  Mr. McShane also works closely with Manatt's litigation group in defending development projects in court against CEQA and other land use-related claims.

Mr. McShane has extensive experience with CEQA, the Subdivision Map Act, the Coastal Act, Mello Act, and other local, state, and federal planning and zoning statutes.  He represents developers, corporations, individuals, institutions and nonprofit organizations and regularly appears in public hearings before agencies, boards, commissions and legislative bodies.  Mr. McShane has a broad range of land use experience, including single- and multiple-family residential communities, mixed-use, hotels, regional shopping centers, big box retail stores, specialty retail stores, medical buildings, performing arts theatres, sports stadiums and self-storage facilities.  Mr. McShane also has advised institutional lenders on the land use and entitlement issues associated with distressed assets.

Recent representations include:

• Obtained certification of an EIR and discretionary land use entitlements, including a general plan amendment, specific plan, zoning code amendment and vesting parcel map for the development of an approximately 250,000-square-foot, regional commercial shopping center and 50 residential units in the City of Atascadero.
• Obtained certification of an EIR and discretionary land use entitlements, including a zoning code amendment, conditional use permit and precise plan approval for the major remodel and expansion of an approximately 150,000-square-foot, big box retail store in the City of Cerritos.
• Obtained CEQA clearance and discretionary land use entitlements for the expansion and major remodel of an approximately 100,000-square-foot retail membership club store in the City of Gardena. 
• Obtained discretionary entitlements for the major renovation and expansion of an internationally renowned, luxury retail flagship store located on Rodeo Drive in the City of Beverly Hills.
• Obtained certification of an EIR and discretionary land use entitlements for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in the City of Beverly Hills. The project consisted of the adaptive reuse of a 38,000-square foot historic federal post office building and development of a new state-of-the-art, 28,000-square foot, 500-seat live performance theatre, 150-seat studio theater/rehearsal hall, theatre school, sculpture garden, café, gift shop, and three-level subterranean public parking garage. 
• Obtained certification of an EIR and discretionary land use entitlements to develop 340 single-family residential units in the City of Oxnard.  The discretionary project approvals consisted of a development agreement, general plan and specific plan amendments, zone changes, special use permits and tentative tract maps.
• Obtained discretionary conditional use permit for the operation of a behavioral health services medical facility located in the City of San Marcos.
• Obtained discretionary land use entitlements for the expansion of a self storage facility located in the City of Los Angeles.
• Obtained discretionary land use entitlements for the construction and operation of a new, state-of-the art facility for a non-profit organization serving low income families and homeless individuals in the Venice Beach area of the City of Los Angeles.
• Advised on land use and environmental issues in connection with the acquisition, development, and ultimate operation of large solar energy projects located throughout California.
• Advised on land use and environmental issues in connection with the development and operation of a hospital and medical office buildings in Riverside, California.
• Advised institutional lender in connection with the evaluation and disposition of numerous distressed master-planned residential developments located throughout California, including with respect to existing project entitlements, remaining on- and off-site development obligations and applicable environmental mitigation measures, pending litigation and operating expenses such as development fees, impact fees, property taxes and municipal bond assessments.

Prior to joining Manatt, Mr. McShane was an attorney in the Environment, Land & Resources department at Latham & Watkins LLP.