Comprehensive advisory from project conception and feasibility through the entire entitlement and regulatory permitting process. We identify regulatory risks early, map all required approvals, coordinate zoning entitlements, and position projects for successful permitting.
Our team navigates the complex regulatory landscape in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia, turning potential obstacles into opportunities for project success.
Regulatory success doesn't happen in isolation. From the moment we engage on a project, JMI coordinates across the entire project team — ownership, development, construction, design, and engineering — to ensure every stakeholder is aligned on what the regulatory process requires and when.
We begin each engagement by requesting the development team's delivery milestones and hard deadlines. From those targets, we reverse-engineer the regulatory processing timeline — mapping every required agency submission, review period, public hearing, and approval step backward from the client's target date. This approach gives ownership and development teams realistic, defensible regulatory expectations from day one, and identifies schedule risks before they become project threats.
Where timelines are aggressive, we develop phased permitting strategies — sequencing approvals to enable early-start construction, foundation work, or tenant fit-out while upstream entitlements are still processing — maximizing schedule efficiency without compromising regulatory integrity.
From entitlement through design, construction, and final occupancy, JMI manages agency coordination across every stakeholder necessary to keep your development timeline intact.
Zoning compliance review, development impact analysis, and zoning feasibility assessment across all DC zoning districts.
Zoning Administrator interpretations, matter-of-right use confirmations, and official determinations on zoning code applicability for complex projects.
Variance applications, special exceptions, and relief from zoning requirements before the BZA.
Project review, comprehensive plan consistency, and development review coordination with DC OP.
Building permit strategy and sequencing coordinated from the entitlement phase to ensure design and construction timelines align with DOB review and approval requirements.
Public space permit strategy, construction staging coordination, and right-of-way approvals integrated into the overall development timeline from the earliest project stages.
Stormwater management planning, Green Area Ratio strategy, and environmental compliance requirements coordinated during design to avoid permit delays at construction.
Water and sewer capacity review, connection permitting, and service lateral coordination incorporated into the project schedule to prevent utility-related construction delays.
Electrical service coordination, new service applications, and utility design review managed to align with construction milestones and TCO/C of O requirements.
Gas service design, new connection applications, and utility installation coordination scheduled in parallel with the construction timeline to avoid last-mile occupancy delays.
Let's develop a clear regulatory strategy for your project.
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