Admitted to Practice | California, 1988 | | Oregon, 2008 |
| Steve Ledoux provides legal, business and strategic advice at the highest professional level, with a focus on commercial real estate, land use and telecommunications law. He provides acquisition, development, entitlement, financing, leasing and operations services to real estate development clients. He regularly serves as a lecturer and panelist at APA, ABAG, CTIA and MCLE conferences.
Steve's clients include: Ace Capital Group, Barry Swenson Builder, Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Pacific Hotel Management, Republic Urban Properties and Signature Properties. He also represents leading wireless carriers in entitlement, right-of-way and dispute resolution matters.
Steve has represented developers/borrowers in over $1 billion in real estate transactions financed by Goldman Sachs, Chase Manhattan, Morgan Stanley, GMAC, GECC, AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust, Wells Fargo, EuroHypo and others. Selected Experience Multiple hotels Ongoing Negotiation of franchise agreement with flags. Hotels have included Clarion Bedford San Francisco; Sheraton Tacoma; Tuscan Best Western San Francisco; Marriott Courtyard Stockton; Marriott Residence Stockton; and Westin Palo Alto. National wireless carriers Ongoing Obtain land use permits for telecommunications facilities sited on private property and in the public-right of way and on utility poles; obtained hundreds of permits in the first instance and on appeal on behalf of nearly all of the major wireless carriers. Multiple restaurants Ongoing Represent restaurant landlords and tenants with lease and celebrity chef agreements. Restaurants have included Fifth Floor, Hotel Palomar; Spire Restaurant, Nine Zero; Aqua Restaurant, Hotel Bellagio; Redwood Park, TransAmerica Pyramid; Fillmore Grill & Café Metropol, San Francisco; Ozumo and Pican Restaurants, Oakland; and Piatti Restaurant, Roseville. Millennium Hotels Ongoing Representing Millennium Hotels & Resorts in the development of a 263-room hotel and 244-residential unit project with structured parking in Sunnyvale, Calif., including assistance with zoning and building permit matters and negotiating general contractor and architect agreements. Green Republic Ongoing Negotiated land acquisition from the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority for the development of a LEED certified, high-density, mixed use, transit-oriented development with approximately 800 residential units. Work includes advocacy for all land use entitlements, contracting and environmental matters; negotiation of disposition and development agreement (DDA) with VTA. Republic Urban Properties, Barry Swenson Builders, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Ongoing Development of a LEED-certified, high density, transit-oriented residential project with an affordable housing component; negotiation of disposition and development agreement with VTA. David Machado 2009 Counsel to Oregon Restaurateur of the Year, David Machado. Helped Mr. Machado structure lease, financing and tenant improvement package for new Portland eatery success story, Nel Centro. Huy Fong Foods Inc. 2009 Completed all real estate negotiations, with the City of Irwindale, Calif., for the disposition and development agreement to move Huy Fong Foods Inc.'s entire operation from Rosemead to a 22.9-acre site on Azusa Canyon Road. Pacific Hotel Management 2009 Assisted client in structuring and closing the sale of the Laguna Hills Holiday Inn, one of the few hotel sales in 2009, through use of seller financing. Pacific Hotel Management 2008 Developed and implemented the legal strategy resulting in the new Intercontinental The Clement Hotel Monterey after 25 years of inactivity, including obtaining all environmental approvals and entitlements from the California Coastal Commission, Army Corps of Engineers, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, City of Monterey and others. Hotel was named best hospitality project in McGraw-Hill Construction's California Construction "08 best of awards" recognizing construction and design excellence. American Medical Response 2008 Represented American Medical Response before San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in winning ten year emergency service contract with County worth $200 million after staff initially selected competitor. Sheraton Palo Alto 2008 Negotiated long-term ground lease with Stanford Land Management for a 346-room hotel. Fort Baker Retreat Center 2008 Assisted developer Tom Sargent in structuring and closing his initial investor round and negotiating a hotel operating agreement with Passport Resorts LLC for the Fort Baker Retreat Center, which opened in June 2008. Richmond Courtyard Hotel 2008 Negotiation and closing of refinancing provided by HSBC. National wireless carrier 2008 Represented national wireless carrier as amicus curiae before the California Fourth District Court of Appeal in Sprint v. County of San Diego, the first California decision holding that wireless carriers benefit from the state’s statutory franchise grant to use the public right-of-way. Local government committees 2007 Served as a member of committees drafting telecommunications legislation in all nine contiguous Bay Area counties, as well as in the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. (1991-2007) AT&T Wireless, AirTouch, Sprint 2007 Represented AT&T Wireless, AirTouch (now part of Verizon Wireless), and Sprint in all aspects of telecommunications network deployment and infill, which included leasing, entitlements, appeals and compliance actions under the 1996 Telecommunications Act. (1988-2007) Additional Qualifications
- Founder, Ledoux Esquire Inc., San Francisco
- Senior Vice President, Syndication/Business Development, Mondo Media, San Francisco
- Partner, Mackenzie & Albritton LLP, San Francisco
- Associate, Graham & James LLP, San Francisco
- Staff Attorney, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Professional and Community Activities
- Counsel, Marin Agricultural Land Trust & Regeneration Project
- Past Corporate Counsel, Board of Directors, Jazz in Flight, Children in Flight
- Tri-County Lodging Association
- Washington State Lodging Association
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Professional Recognition
- Selected to "Northern California Super Lawyers," Law & Politics, 2006
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Education J.D., Harvard Law School, 1985, cum laude B.A., American Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1981, summa cum laude
- Dedicated Service and Leadership Award
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