Paul J. Silvern is the Partner in charge of the Los Angeles area office. In 25 years of experience he has directed the analysis of major regional airport expansion plans, military base conversions, television and film studio expansions, hotels, office parks, high-rise office buildings, industrial developments, shopping centers, hospital complexes, university campus expansions, urban residential developments, mixed-use developments, and a wide range of planning initiatives. He is frequently retained to prepare or critique housing, population, employment, public school facilities, and economic impacts studies for environmental documents. He is also skilled at drafting and critiquing development fee systems and fee justification studies. His clients include major development organizations as well as numerous local governments and metropolitan planning organizations.