Local government decisions can derail development projects both big and small. This is becoming more and more common as the Lowcountry experiences unprecedented growth. All too often, politics interferes with property rights, and developers are left with few choices.
We represented a client who had previously secured all necessary zoning approvals for a small, boutique hotel in Mount Pleasant. However, this project upset a handful of influential people who successfully lobbied elected officials to kill the project by any means necessary. Initially, this effort succeeded, and the project was wrongly imperiled by erroneous and prejudicial local government actions.
When he should have been pulling building permits, our client was facing an unprecedented revocation of his hard-fought development approvals. After being retained, we thoroughly analyzed the situation, tracked down critical documents and communications, developed a strategy, and engaged the litigation process intelligently and effectively.
These efforts enabled us to secure both local board and judicial victories that ultimately got the project back on track. The local government, clearly recognizing that it had no tenable legal path, agreed to mediation. The cases were settled with exceedingly minimal concessions from our client.
The project recently broke ground and will be accepting bookings soon.
