Marjorie J. Burchett

Marjorie Burchett has expertise in residential, commercial, mixed-use and master-planned real estate developments. Ms. Burchett’s transactional practice includes real-estate secured finance construction and permanent loan and purchase and sale transactions. She has documented and closed numerous loan modification and deed-in-lieu transactions. She advises both developers and lenders on issues related to urban high-rise and mixed-use developments throughout the state of California, including subdivision processing with the California Department of Real Estate and the sale of projects following foreclosure. She has a special interest in title insurance matters, having co-authored a CEB treatise on this subject. She is a frequent speaker on a variety of real estate topics.

Recent Work / Representative Matters

Alicante - San Diego – 95-unit high-rise mixed-use condominium project.

America Plaza - San Diego – high-rise mixed-use commercial project with office, museum, retail, parking structure and trolley station.

Breeza - San Diego – 155-unit high-rise mixed-use condominium project.

La Vita - San Diego – 304-unit high-rise condominium project.

Otay Ranch Master-Planned Community - Chula Vista – master-planned community with 15,400 proposed residences, together with retail and business office components.

San Diego Spectrum - San Diego – master-planned mixed-use redevelopment project on the former General Dynamics campus with hotel, office, retail and residential.

Sapphire Tower - San Diego – 100-unit high-rise mixed-use condominium project.

Smart Corner - San Diego – 311-unit mixed-use high-rise condominium building, mid-rise office building, parking structure and trolley station.

Treo at Kettner - San Diego – 328-unit high-rise mixed-use condominium project.

Tustin Legacy - Tustin - master-planned mixed-use redevelopment project at the former Marine Corps Air Station with new urban core and surrounding residential and commercial development.

Wyndham Hotel Plaza - San Diego – segregation of existing high-rise office and hotel project into condominiums.

Memberships

CEB Program Department Real Property Advisory Committee.

Continuing Education of the Bar, Joint Action Committee Real Property Subcommittee (1999-2002).

KPBS chair, Corporate Development Committee and member, Community Advisory Board (1996-2004).

Lawyers Club of San Diego.

San Diego Building Industry Association - DRE Committee member.

San Diego Commercial Real Estate Women, director (1990).

San Diego County Bar Association – Real Property Law Section, chair (1992-1993); Financial Lawyers Group (1987-1992).

San Diego County Bar Association Foundation, Board of Directors (1995-1998); chief financial officer (1996-1998).

National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, director (1992-1999); membership co-chair (1996); secretary (1995); Programs Committee co-chair (1993).

State Bar of California, Real Estate Property Law Section, Southern California Real Estate Finance Subsection chairperson (1995-96) Executive Committee (1997-2000); advisor to Executive Committee (2000-2001).

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