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the relief that CRA would grant pursuant to the Library Tower
and Grand Place Tower variations.
2. Respondent’s Expert
Respondent’s expert is an attorney with extensive
experience representing developers and landowners in
constructing, financing, buying, and selling commercial and
residential real estate, and in obtaining regulatory approval
for real estate development. He formerly worked in the Office
of the City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco.
His duties there included advising the San Francisco Zoning
Administrator on the granting of variations and overseeing San
Francisco’s Transfer of Development Rights program and
negotiations of approvals for developers of large developments.
Respondent’s expert stated that, if the Library Tower or
Grand Place Tower were to be replaced, the property owner would
be required to obtain a second variation in order to construct
another building of the same density on the property. He opined
that the existence of the prior Library Tower and Grand Place
Tower variations, the MTP Designated Building Site, and the
restrictive covenants covering the Library Square Tract parcels
would put the owner in a stronger position to obtain a second
variation. He opined that there would be no certainty that a
second variation permitting a building of similar density would
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