Consulting Services

Strategic Advice for Complex Problems

Real estate, land use and public-policy challenges rarely exist in isolation.

Property rights, government decisions, environmental conditions, economics, infrastructure, community interests and political realities often affect the same issue.

Silicon Valley Synergy helps clients understand how those pieces fit together, identify the issues that matter most and develop practical strategies for moving forward.

Our work spans four primary areas.

01

Environmental, Conservation & Land Use Strategy

Silicon Valley Synergy advises organizations facing complex environmental, conservation and land-use issues where real estate, public policy and government decisions intersect.

SVS brings real estate, land-use and government experience to conservation and environmental challenges, helping clients understand both the regulatory framework and the practical implications for property, investment and long-term land use.

SVS provides strategic advice in these areas and does not replace environmental scientists, engineers or legal counsel.

Services may include:

  • Conservation and open-space strategy
  • Land acquisition and protection strategy
  • Conservation easement strategy and negotiations
  • Agricultural and open-space land issues
  • CEQA process and document review
  • Energy and infrastructure siting
  • Alternative-site and land-use analysis
  • Environmental due diligence
  • Public-agency and regulatory strategy
  • Stakeholder and community strategy
  • Strategic analysis of proposed development affecting protected or sensitive lands

02

Real Estate Advisory

Complex real estate decisions require more than understanding the property itself.

Land-use regulations, government policy, infrastructure, environmental conditions, market realities and long-term objectives can all affect the value and viability of an opportunity.

SVS helps clients evaluate those issues together before committing significant time, money or resources.

Services may include:

  • Acquisition and disposition strategy
  • Highest and best use analysis
  • Property and development feasibility
  • Alternative-use analysis
  • Real estate negotiations
  • Transaction strategy
  • Due diligence
  • Title, easement and property-right issues
  • Development agreement strategy
  • Complex real estate problem-solving

03

Public Agency Real Estate Advisory

Public agencies face real estate challenges that are fundamentally different from private transactions.

Decisions must account for public policy, public accountability, procurement requirements, political considerations, economic-development objectives and long-term community value.

Bob Staedler’s experience managing complex public real estate transactions gives SVS a practical understanding of both the governmental and real estate sides of these decisions.

Services may include:

  • Public property acquisition and disposition
  • Asset and portfolio strategy
  • Public-private transactions
  • Economic-development real estate
  • Development agreements
  • Ground leases
  • Public property reuse
  • Real estate due diligence
  • Negotiation strategy
  • Brownfield and environmentally complicated properties
  • Institutional and public-sector property strategy

04

Public Policy, Government Relations & Strategic Advisory

Government decisions can materially affect property, investment, conservation and development outcomes.

SVS helps clients understand the public-policy environment, how decisions are made and how to engage effectively with the agencies, officials and stakeholders involved.

Services may include:

  • Government relations
  • Public-policy strategy
  • Legislative and regulatory analysis
  • Strategic positioning
  • Agency engagement
  • Stakeholder strategy
  • Coalition strategy
  • Public affairs
  • Issue management
  • Strategic communications
  • Government decision-making analysis

Not Every Problem Fits Neatly Into a Service Category

Many Silicon Valley Synergy engagements begin with a client facing a difficult decision rather than looking for a particular consulting service.

A property may have an uncertain future. A government decision may threaten an investment or conservation objective. A proposed project may create unexpected land-use or community consequences. A transaction may involve public agencies, environmental constraints and competing interests.

Those are often the situations where SVS provides the greatest value.

The first step is understanding the problem. From there, we can determine the best path forward.

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