Admitted to Practice | Washington | | U.S. District Court Western District of Washington | | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Tom Goeltz practices real estate, land use, environmental and natural resources law. He assists clients with real estate development including mixed-use projects and master plans; transportation and infrastructure agreements; and property acquisition encompassing sales, exchanges and financing.
Tom’s clients include: Port Blakely Companies, Cascadia Project LLC, Ditty Properties, Grand-Glacier LLC, Olympic Resource Management/Pope Resources/Olympic Property Group, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle Times Company, and SITQ. Selected Experience Represent landlord in negotiation of long-term ground lease for Safeway grocery store and fueling station at Issaquah Highlands in Issaquah, Wash. (Ongoing) Representing master developers in purchase and option agreements with multiple commercial residential builders for single-family, multifamily and condominium units (3,000-plus lots). (Ongoing) Representing an international pension fund in investments in land acquisitions and in leasing of mixed-use projects in central business districts of Seattle and Bellevue, Wash. (Ongoing) Representing master developer National Historic Town of Port Gamble, Wash., on comprehensive plan, zoning and development agreement. (Ongoing) ORM is seeking a comprehensive plan and zoning change to allow a mixed-use master plan project at this historic Port Gamble site in Kitsap County, Wash., which includes SEPA, comprehensive plan, zoning, and development agreement. Also includes a memorandum with Kitsap County entitled North Kitsap Legacy Partners, with potential donation of 7,000 acres of open space in return for master plan community. (Ongoing) Representing master developer in Issaquah Highlands Development Agreement and infrastructure (new Sunset I-90 Interchange; regional water line) for 2,200-acre master plan community in Issaquah, Wash. (Ongoing) Representing master developer in sales of residential lots to commercial builders at master-planned communities. (Ongoing) Grand-Glacier is proposing to sell the retail/commercial blocks at Issaquah Highlands to a new developer, including a cinema lease and Safeway ground lease. (Ongoing) Represent city and master developer in a multi-party, multi-parcel land exchange to preserve open space in the Mountains to Sound Greenway in the Puget Sound area. Transfer of development rights to create permanent public open space and trails, with receiving site to be used for new college campus and residences as part of a master plan community. Approvals included county and city Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Master Development Agreement, Master Escrow Agreement, Infrastructure Construction Agreement, annexation and platting and sale/exchange documents with six parties. (Ongoing) Completion of long-term plat application and process to plat for 750 lots near Kingston in Kitsap County, Wash. (2010) Represented Intuit Inc. and Guardian Industries in obtaining Major Industrial Development designation under Comprehensive Plan, along with annexation and land purchase for new industrial sites in Grant County, Wash. (2008) Represented master developer in agreement for green development of 'zero-energy' project. (2007) Represented Seattle Art Museum in construction and operation agreements for 4.5-acre outdoor Olympic Sculpture Park on Elliott Bay. (2007) Represented owner in conservation easement and fee dedication for 1,600-acre open space at Turtleback Mountain, San Juan County, Wash. (2006) Represented The Seattle Times Company in its sale of multiple downtown blocks in Seattle's South Lake Union area to Vulcan. (2004) Additional Qualifications Professional and Community Activities
- Co-chair, Environmental, Permitting and Land Use Committee, Governor's Regulatory Reform Task Force
- Past Chair, Land Use and Environmental Law Section, Washington State Bar Association
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1988-present
- American Bar Association
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Professional Recognition
- Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Real Estate (Washington) by Chambers USA, 2004-2011
- Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Real Estate Law and Land Use & Zoning Law by Woodward/White, 2007-present; named in Real Estate Law, 1992-present
- Selected to "Washington Super Lawyers," Law & Politics, 1999-2011
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Education J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1973, magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Editor, Michigan Law Review
B.A., Economics, DePauw University, 1969, summa cum laude | |