G. MICHAEL GRIFFITH

SUMMARY

Real Estate Development Director with proven success leading and managing projects within budget and schedule for commercial and residential development properties. Extensive project management skills and experience interfacing with governmental agencies, private consultants and contractors for the delivery of sellable land and high-quality infrastructure improvements. Loyal, respected leader with integrity and hard work ethic. Known for attention to detail, quality and abilities to successfully complete projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PLAYA CAPITAL COMPANY, LLC Los Angeles, CA 1997 - 2007
Playa Vista is a $1.1B master-planned urban infill Los Angeles community of 1,087 acres with 5,842 residential units, 4MSF of commercial space, 25 parks and 75 acres of restored natural habitat.
Director of Development2003 2007
Development Manager1997 2003

ENTITLEMENT AND PLANNING
Directed Playa Vista relations with City, State and Federal agencies to secure 3 Tentative and 10 Final Tract Maps necessary for delivering land sales totaling $900M.
Managed agency relations and organized database for the clearance of over 500 governmental CEQA and EIR subdivision conditions of approval and mitigation measures.
Saved company expense by direct agency relationships and processed covenants, quitclaims, vacations, easements and regulatory documents required to develop land for sale.
Overcame City resistance and negotiated agreements enabling the development of above City standard public amenities which enhanced Playa Vista market value.
Planned land subdivision, residential product sequencing, and creation of Homeowners Association increasing value of the award winning new community.
Established relations with hostile community neighbors about property management, license agreements, and easement negotiations for profitable use of undeveloped land.

ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
Prepared business plan for infrastructure design and development including Community Facilities District funding which qualified for Los Angeles City Mello Roos Tax District, saving company private funding of $135M, and managed other governmental incentive programs of $45M.
Liaison with Public Works, Building and Safety, Department of Water and Power, private designers and contractors, focusing on quality and detail and tenaciously managed projects from inception through completion within schedule and budget.
Negotiated multiple contracts for engineering design and permitting, and secured improvement bonds for grading, storm drain, sanitary sewer, potable water, reclaimed water, signals, street lighting, and streets resulting in coordinated development documents.

Secured over 300 permits and managed to close out or extension as required, including agency acceptance, bond exoneration and improvements conveyance to the agencies.
Directed power, gas, telephone and cable utility agreement negotiations, payments, reimbursements, designs, permits, and completed system conveyance to utility companies.
Managed offsite projects including over 50 regional transportation mitigation improvements and an existing 85 home under-grounding of overhead utilities project to design, permitting, bonding and delivery to agencies.

INFRASTRUCTURE AMENITIES
Created and delivered ahead of schedule 25 parks, 75 acres of natural habitat open space, and over 6 miles of streetscapes to meet entitlement conditions and company marketing requirements.
Prepared $50M park and $38M natural habitat business plan, directed cost estimating, value engineering, bid analysis, contactor selection and completed projects within budget.
Selected and hired project teams for infrastructure amenity designs and managed progress and submissions to agencies for securing of approvals and permits.
Managed designers, contractors, and public agency and homeowners association representatives for successful delivery of completed parks, open space, natural habitat environmental remediation, and streetscapes.

MAGUIRE THOMAS PARTNERS Los Angeles, CA1995 1997
Construction Manager
Conducted search, interview, selection, negotiation and hiring of construction management firm for Playa Vista infrastructure.
Managed Playa Vista infrastructure engineering design and construction of Freshwater Marsh natural habitat and drainage systems within California Coastal Commission jurisdiction.

TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Los Angeles, CA1986 1995
Construction Manager
Created $720M infrastructure budget and schedule with 1,200 activities leading up to City Council certification of the 1993 and 1995 EIR and entitlement approvals for Playa Vista.
Superintendent
Constructed the 140KSF Super Shops building at American Honda Headquarters in Torrance.
Engineer
Managed tenant improvements for the Wilshire Landmark office building in West Los Angeles.
Cost Engineer
Reported cost and schedule progress of multiple commercial construction projects.

EDUCATION
BS Construction Management, California State University, Chico