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The Village at Palisades Tahoe
Lake Tahoe, CA
47 Acres
Client: Alterra Mountain Company
Status: In Progress
Services Provided: Master Planning
Palisades Tahoe sits in one of the most extraordinary mountain settings in North America, and was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Yet the village, and the stadium-sized sea of surface parking lots that surround it, have been frozen in time since the 1990s.
A plan to transform the village had been in fits and starts for over 14 years, through litigation, community conflict, and more failed iterations than anyone would like to count.
Everything is exaggerated at 6,200 feet. Buildings cost multiples of what they do anywhere else. Construction is compressed into a short season. There was no margin for another unbuildable plan.
We were brought in first as a strategic advisor, then as master architect and planning lead. We listened to the community, the operators, the engineers, and the economics. What came back was clear: previous plans failed because they weren't grounded in what could actually be financed, built, and sustained at 6,200 feet.
We designed a different kind of framework. 40% less density. More conservation area. A pedestrian-focused public realm concentrating development where the existing village already is, rather than sprawling across the valley. Standards built around real spatial and environmental performance — looser where flexibility is essential, tighter where the village's most important public spaces need to come out right.
The framework received unanimous support from the review committees. Final hearings are ahead.
Revitalizing Westwood
Westwood Village, Los Angeles
Community-Led Proposal
LOVETT proposed a framework for revitalizing Westwood Village, where 40% of storefronts sit vacant steps from UCLA in one of the wealthiest enclaves in Los Angeles.
The core problem is density. The village does not have enough people there consistently to support its retail. Despite strong underlying demand, outdated zoning, procedural friction, and misaligned ownership incentives have made decline rational.
The framework addresses both sides of the problem. On the regulatory side, the existing Specific Plan needs to be replaced with a streamlined, by-right entitlement structure that removes the procedural barriers preventing new investment. On the ownership side, a ground lease model allows landowners to participate in new development without selling, avoiding reassessment, transfer taxes, and capital gains while significantly increasing their income.
The development opportunity is surgical: a handful of surface lots, single-story parcels, and underused sites that can accommodate 4–6 stories of residential over retail, along with boutique hotels to anchor the evening economy. Historic assets like the Fox and Bruin theaters could be reactivated as conference and event venues. Pedestrianizing the village core extends the car-free environment that already defines UCLA's campus.
The result is a car-free, mixed-use village district anchored by 45 historic buildings, boutique hotels, and the residential density to sustain them. A place where the Fox and Bruin are active again, the historic storefronts are full, and the evening economy extends well beyond In-N-Out. The rezone creates the value. The ground lease captures it. The city gets housing and revenue. The village becomes the destination it was always supposed to be.
Confidential Development Strategy & Master Plan
Jamaica, Queens
15 Acres | 2.7M SF
Residential, Manufacturing, Office & Retail
Client: Coconut Properties
Status: Complete
Services Provided: Visioning, Master Planning, Real Estate Strategy
Land is scarce in New York City. Large contiguous land is rarer still. 15 acres in Jamaica, Queens, on one of the last standing factory sites in the city. Most plans would have carved it into standard 200-foot wide city blocks, put some boutique pickle-making operation in the ground floor and called it a day. We saw the uninterrupted land as the opportunity itself.
We designed oversized superblocks where manufacturing and R&D nestle into the deep interiors while housing and retail wrap the edges to create a vibrant public realm. The housing cross-subsidizes the productive space. The productive space provides next-generation, in-person jobs that make the city resilient for the long term.
Triangle 3.0
Beverly Hills, CAThe housing conversation in most cities is about numbers. Units, density, compliance. What gets lost is the design. When mandates arrive without a vision, what gets built could be anywhere. And for a city whose brand depends on being nowhere else, that's a problem.
Beverly Hills has no domestic peer. Its closest comparison is the Quadrilatero della Moda in Milan. But it built that brand on scarcity, and scarcity has become so reflexive it's left the city exposed. International tourism is softening. Retail is consolidating around fewer, bigger flagships. The places that stay competitive are the ones where people actually live.
LOVETT proposed turning the Golden Triangle's underused service alleys into a network of residential mews hidden behind existing retail frontage. The alleys that run behind Rodeo, Beverly, and Camden Drives are wide enough to build on and invisible enough to protect the district's character.
Triangle 3.0 threads new housing into those alleys. Ground-floor lobbies open onto intimate landscaped lanes. Retail and hospitality at the street edge stay untouched. Development agreements for each new development could partially fund affordable units that satisfy the city's state-mandated housing targets. A district management plan programs the mews as an extension of the retail experience while coordinating deliveries and other back of house functions.
Residents pay property taxes, spend locally year-round, and make the district more desirable for the tourists who follow them. The Triangle already has the character, the streetscapes, the bones. The mews just make them work harder. One design move, and the benefits compound from there with more revenue, resilience, desirability, and housing compliance all flowing from a place becoming more itself.
Caribbean Campus Strategy
Barbados
30 Acres
Client: Confidential
Status: In Progress
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Master Planning
Wilshire Commons Redevelopment
Santa Monica, CA
1.5 Acres
Client: Xemit LLC
Status: Complete
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Design Feasibility
Mammoth Main Lodge
Mammoth Mountain, CA
20 Acres
Client: Alterra Mountain Company
Status: On hold
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Design Feasibility
Affordable Housing Fund
Los Angeles, CAClient: LA4LA & Avivar Capital
Status: In Progress
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy (supporting Hornstock Strategies)
Affordable Housing Land Bank
Los Angeles County, CAClient: Los Angeles County
Status: In Progress
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy (in collaboration with Creative Urban Solutions, Genesis LA, KDI & Inclusive Action for the City)
LA Community College District Housing Program
Los Angeles County, CAClient: LACCD
Status: Complete
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Visioning (supporting Creative Urban Solutions)
Greenpoint Waterfront Block
Greenpoint, Brooklyn2 Acres
Client: Confidential
Status: In Progress
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Feasibility
West Los Angeles Office Repositioning
Los Angeles, CA0.5 Acres
Client: Confidential
Status: Complete
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Feasibility
Silverlake Value-Add Strategy
Los Angeles, CA0.25 Acres
Client: Confidential
Status: Complete
Services Provided: Real Estate Strategy, Feasibility
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Habitat
West Adams, Los Angeles
3.5 Acres
260 Multifamily Units
250,000 SF Office
1 Acre public space
Status: Under Construction (Complete in 2026)
Role: Visioning, Design Management + Advisory, Real Estate Strategy (as head of design for Lendlease)
The Riverie
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
2.4 Acres
830 Multifamily Units
0.5 Acres Public Space
Status: Under Construction (Complete in 2026)
Role: Visioning, Design Management + Advisory, Real Estate Strategy (as head of design for Lendlease)
Collins Arch
Melbourne, Australia
2M SF Mixed Use complex containing Hotel, Residential, Office and Retail
Client: CBUS
Status: Completed
Role: Architectural Design (While at SHoP Architects)
Schuylkill Yards
University City, Philadelphia
22 Acres
8.7M SF including life science, office, academic space, residential, retail and over 5 acres of open space.
Client: Brandywine Realty Trust + Drexel University
Status: Adopted, with 3 of the first phase buildings completed.
Role: Master Planning (as director of urban design and development at SHoP Architects)
Hayes Point
San Francisco, CA
300 Condominium Units
250,000 SF Office
Status: Under construction (on hold)
Role: Design Advisory (As head of design for Lendlease)
Diridon Station
San Jose, CA
Client: Google
Status: Complete (Adopted, Unrealized)
Role: Master Planning (as director of urban design and development at SHoP Architects)
Essex Crossing
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Client: Delancey Street Partners + NYCEDC
Status: Adopted (with 6 buildings completed)
Role: Master Planning & Architectural Design (while at SHoP Architects)
Forum
Boston Landing, Boston
350,000 SF Life Science Building
Status: Under Construction
Role: Design Advisory (As head of design for Lendlease)
Javits Square
New York, NY
1M SF Mixed Use Building
Multifamily, Office & Event Space
Status: Completed (Unrealized)
Role: Design Advisory (As head of design for Lendlease)
Domino
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
3M SF Multifamily, Condominiums, Office + Retail
Client: Two Trees
Status: Adopted (with 3 buildings completed)
Role: Designer (while at SHoP Architects)
Ion District
Houston, Texas
16 Acres
Office, Multifamily, Retail & Academic Space
Client: Rice Management Company + Hines
Status: Adopted (with one building completed)
Role: Master Planning & Architectural Design (as director of urban design and development at SHoP Architects)
UC Berkeley Global Campus
Richmond, CA
100 Acres
Academic Lab & Life Science Space
Client: UC Berkeley
Status: Completed (Unrealized)
Role: Master Planning (while at SHoP Architects)
Connected City
Dallas, Texas
200 Acre Mixed Use District
Client: City of Dallas
Status: Completed (1st Place Competition, Unrealized)
Role: Master Planning (while at SHoP Architects)
NYCHA Washington Carver Houses
New York, New York
20 Acres
4M SF
Client: NYCEDC
Status: Complete (Unrealized)
Role: Visioning, Master Planning (while at SHoP Architects)
Penn Plaza
New York, NY
9M SF Mixed Use District
Client: Vornado Realty Trust
Status: Completed (Unrealized)
Role: Master Planning & Architectural Design (while at SHoP Architects)
Ion Building
Houston, Texas
Client: Rice Management Company + Hines
Status: Completed
Role: Design Advisory (as director of urban design and development at SHoP Architects)