Tampa, Fla. – Carlton Fields Tampa Shareholder Laurel Lockett presented an economically viable plan for preserving Tampa’s historical sites and buildings to the Tampa City Council on September 15, 2011, which was reported on by WMNF 88.5 FM. According to the news story, the plan, TDR or transferable development rights, “allows owners of historical property to sell their development rights to others who can afford to keep the historic nature of the buildings.”

Lockett said that a TDR program can be a win-win. “It can compensate owners of historic properties for loss of their development on rights and encourage development in other non-historic areas that City Council designates.”

Lockett practices in the areas of Environmental Law and Commercial Real Estate. She has experience dealing with issues such as industrial and domestic wastewater, storage tank regulation, landfill, used oil, and hazardous waste permitting and regulation; the negotiation of consent orders and remediation plans associated with the cleanup of hazardous waste, petroleum, chlorinated solvents and other contaminants with local, state, and federal environmental agencies, negotiation and oversight of consulting contracts, and environmental aspects of real estate and commercial transactions, including asbestos and indoor air quality issues, environmental insurance, and Florida Brownfields designation and redevelopment.