Entitlement
Even as the entitlement and permitting process continues to become increasingly complex and expensive, MDS's experienced and knowledgeable team is adept at managing project planning, entitlement and development in a timely and cost-effective manner. We strategize to create the best and smoothest entitlement based on the nature and difficulty of your project. Our strategic SOLUTIONS to your community involvement process are second to none. We know how to engage your project for success by creating lasting relationships for all of those involved in the entitlement food chain.
Process
Millennium Development Solutions recognizes that beyond the puzzle that is entitlement, that there is a need to bring together all of the groups that need to review the project and give their approval. Millennium has the experience and relationships reuired to obtain approvals with most, if not all of the different agencies that are required to get an approval in the Denver, Colorado metro area.
These groups include:
These groups include:
- Local Municipalities and Counties
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Colorado Division of Wildlife
- Urban Drainage
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Ditch companies and railroads
- Surface and mineral rights holders
- Fire Districts
- Water and Sanitation Districts
- Metropolitan Districts
- Dry utility providers
- Adjacent property owners and HOA’s
Problem:
The City of Aurora standards required a complete re-plat for the Foxdale III project based on the re-design and addition of one story to existing two-story condominium buildings. This process could have taken a minimum of one year to complete from the completion of the working drawings for the new building design.
SOLUTION:
John was able to negotiate a fast-tracked administrative approval for the project using an argument that the parking and unit count did not change and only administrative approval for the third story was required since the stepped-back architecture did not exceed the height limit within the current project approval. The project was started when permits were issued within three months, and the economy supported the project completion. A later start of the project could have doomed its success, as the economy 18 months later was in a down cycle and construciton on similar projects were stopped as sales dwindels due to job losses inthe area.