Firm
Collaborations & Associates
Brion & Associates collaborates with a number of other firms and individuals to provide the broad range of services required by each assignment. Our associates include urban designers, civil engineers, land use lawyers and other urban economists. Some of these include:
Michelle Nilsson, Nilsson Consulting
michelle@nilssonconsulting.com
Ms. Nilsson, an associate of Brion & Associates, has been working with B&A since 2001. Ms. Nilsson has worked with B&A on numerous fiscal impact studies, child care fee and policy reports, and a variety of other projects related to development and policy. She is involved in all phases of the research, writing, and modeling associated with designated projects. Ms. Nilsson holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from UCLA.
Marian Wolfe, Ph.D., Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Inc.
www.vernazzawolfe.com
Brion & Associates collaborates with VWA, Inc. on public policy and urban economic projects. VWA offers in-depth knowledge of affordable housing policies and programs, real estate economics, redevelopment and other economic policy analyses. Our most recent collaborative effort was a property value impact study of a major residential development to be constructed in California. This work was undertaken in order to demonstrate to the Fair Political Practices Commission that the council members—who would vote on the project approvals—could experience the same price impacts from increased traffic, as would at least 10% of the residential property owners in the City.
Phil Erickson, Community Design + Architecture
www.community-design.com
CD+A provides urban design and transportation planning services at the project, neighborhood, city, and regional levels. B&A often teams with CD+A in design and planning efforts to provide economic analysis to determine the appropriate land use type and mix. CD+A has a unique ability to thoroughly integrate economics into their design and planning work.
Timothy Tosta, Jennifer Renk, and Joseph Ferrucci, Land Use Attorneys, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP
www.luce.com
Brion & Associates provides economic and strategic planning services in conjunction with LUCE lawyers Tim Tosta, Jennifer Renk and Joe Ferrucci, who represent Bay Area developers in the context of entitlements and public policy planning. More than just legal advisors—they have know-how to fully integrate the many aspects of design, environmental, economic, planning, public outreach and political savvy, to successfully navigate projects through the entitlement maze.
Daniel Muller, Land Use Attorney, Morgan Miller Blair
www.mmblaw.com
Brion & Associates collaborates with Dan Muller in the context of development impact fee review and litigation throughout the greater Bay Area. Mr. Muller provides thoughtful and precise legal assessments, thoroughly and successfully integrating technical and economic analysis into his legal opinions and advice.
Alex Clemens, Barbary Coast Consulting
www.barcoast.com
Brion & Associates frequently works on projects that require community outreach and interactions with government officials and agencies. The diverse and experienced staff at Barbary Coast Consulting is expert in these fields, and eager to take part in larger project teams addressing entitlement issues.
Gina Merritt, Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures
gmerritt@nreuv.com
Gina Merritt works with Brion & Associates on various development projects and feasibility studies. NRE Urban Ventures provides us with support in real estate development, proformas, and other financial modeling services. NRE Urban Ventures is expert in tax credit financing and all aspects of affordable housing development from the developer’s perspective and has underwritten more than $500 million in market rate housing and mixed-use and commercial development.
