Manjula Vaz

Practice Areas

Government Relations & Administrative Law, Zoning & Land Use

Career

Manjula is a partner in the Zoning & Land Use planning and Real Estate areas of the firm. She is also a member of the Management Committee. Her practice focuses on zoning and land use, including master planned zoning approvals (specific plans, planned area developments, planned community developments), rezoning approvals, general plan amendments, variances, conditional and special use permits, zoning interpretations and violations, and zoning due diligence.

Manjula assists clients with the negotiation and implementation of development agreements, GPLETs and other development-related agreements. She frequently appears before planning commissions and city councils on behalf of clients regarding zoning and development projects. In addition, she serves as outside counsel to the Maricopa County Stadium District.

Manjula teaches land use law in the Master of Real Estate Program at Arizona State University. She is an active member of the Urban Land Institute. She was the co-chair of AZ ULI Trends Day and served as the Chair of AZ ULI Trends Day 2021.

Professional Memberships

Professional & Community Involvement:

Maricopa County Women’s Bar Association, Member

Arizona Multi-Housing Association, Member

Maricopa County Bar Association, Member

American Bar Association, Member

Tempe Community Action Agency, Board Member

Friends of the Tempe Center for the Art, Volunteer

Experience

Court Admissions:

State Bar of Arizona

Significant Representations:

Represented a major entertainment destination developer with respect to Tempe Marketplace, an open-air shopping center located along the Salt River in Tempe.

Currently represents a real estate land owner in the development of the Athletic Facilities District, a 300-acre area surrounding Arizona State University that will be redeveloped over the next 20 years.

Represented the Town of Queen Creek with its zoning rewrite.

Represented DMB Associates with respect to Eastline Village, a new urban master-planned community concept in Tempe.

Education

Awards