Cozette Tran-Caffee

Representative Experience

• Real Estate & Construction Plus

  • Represented the buyer with respect to the purchase of property for the development of Oregon’s first direct air capture plant.

  • Ongoing representation of the nation’s third largest onshore renewables operator with respect to leasing and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements.

  • Represented the buyer in the purchase of $67 million, 6,000 acre master-planned resort property.

  • Successfully negotiated termination of development agreement with municipal redevelopment agency on behalf of hospitality client.

  • Ongoing representation of a commercial landlord with all aspects of ownership and leasing of regional mall.

  • Represented a nonprofit affordable housing provider with its entry into the Oregon market, which included the acquisition of seven manufactured home park communities.

  • Represented a buyer with its entry into the Oregon real estate market, which included the acquisition of two manufactured home park communities.

  • Represented a buyer with its entry into the Oregon and Washington real estate markets, which included the acquisition of two local grocery store chains.

• Land Use Plus

  • Obtained a comprehensive plan text amendment and zoning map amendment on behalf of a school district to allow development of a new elementary school on land formerly zoned for agricultural use.

  • Obtained multiple master plan amendments on behalf of the owner of mixed-use property (retail, office, and residential), to allow development in line with changed market conditions.

  • Represented a residential developer in annexing 70 acres to a smaller city in the Portland metropolitan region.

  • Assisted an affordable housing developer with 146-unit project in the City of Portland, including land use approvals for adaptive reuse of historic building and associated new development. Defended approval at the local level and at the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA).

  • Assisted an affordable housing developer with entitlements for 57-unit affordable senior housing project in the City of Tigard. Defended approval in appeal to Hearings Officer.

  • Negotiated and obtained approval of a development agreement for the development of a 50-acre business park in the Seattle metropolitan area, including industrial, manufacturing, and office uses.