A phase 1 ESA can take fewer than two weeks for an ideal location with little to no development history. For a project with substantial documentation at the local and state level to review, the site assessment can last several weeks. Typical total time for a phase 1 esa =…

  The cost of a phase 1 esa usually starts at around $1400 and goes up from there. Sometimes upwards of $4500 or above, depending on the complexity of the site assessment. Depending on how many reports you need, multiple reports can also be discounted, thus lowering the total cost of…

Why Are Environmental Site Assessments Important? Every goal has its obstacles. From the inception of the idea of your business to the challenges you may have faced in implementing those concepts, you are no stranger to the hard work, determination, and patience required along the way. When it comes to finding a…

Essel Environmental Engineering looks at the big picture. We like to know what the year will bring for the commercial real estate industry in San Francisco and the Bay Area and hope to give you guys a preview of the industry and where it's headed. What’s Happening in California is…

Albert Hammond’s famous song from the early 1970s says "It Never Rains in Southern California." But over the past four-plus years his song title could be rightfully changed to “It Never Rains Anywhere in California!” In 2018 California entered its fourth year of a record-breaking drought. And it is one…

If you’ve not yet heard of Opportunity Zones and what they are, I suspect you will soon enough. In fact, you’re going to hear about them right now, here! For they are being talked about on the news everywhere and especially throughout the investment and real estate industries. Yet very…