Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC. Matthew Nelson serves as a team leader in the Land Use Department. Mr. Nelson has successfully guided major commercial, industrial, health care and retail developers, as well as mining and transportation interests, through the challenges of obtaining approvals and permits from a wide range of federal, state and local jurisdictions. Mr. Nelson skillfully assists clients in development and implementation of strategies, which includes providing pragmatic counsel on legislative and administrative land use approvals such as development of impacted properties, redevelopment projects, public financing, development agreements, tentative maps and subdivision map issues, zoning, general plan amendments, specific plans, traffic and transportation issues, conditional use permits, and variances. Mr. Nelson’s primary focus is land use and environmental CEQA/NEPA document review and project entitlement for retail shopping centers, commercial, industrial and residential developments, mining and transportation clients, providing oversight to ensure that environmental review and development approvals are sufficient and legally defensible.