Working with Jason, Steven and the team at Crest for the last several years has been a game changer for us and our clients at Dugally Oberfeld. Their knowledge and expertise in navigating complex regulatory processes and securing entitlements has streamlined the entire process of building a luxury residential project in Los Angeles/Westside. Their attention to details and dedication to having a successful project for the client, consultants, and general contractor involved is truly commendable.

Jason, Steven, and their Firm have not only been Permit Expeditors but have also been advocates for our projects for over 12 years now. The benefits of their services are unparalleled leading us to hire them for three of our own personal projects. While they are colleagues of ours, we are lucky to also call them friends and truly enjoy the relationship we have developed over the years. Here’s to many more!

One of my firm’s first actions when starting a new project is to reach out to our longtime collaborators, Jason and Steven. Their depth of expertise in parsing the Byzantine local codes and navigating deftly through agencies enroute to a permit is unmatched, saving our clients time and expense. They are also an invaluable part of the pre-acquisition process, where their understanding of the real estate market at an almost block-by-block level can help everyone make better informed decisions. The design community here is very fortunate to have the Crest team at the ready.

As a national real estate investment, development and construction company, at Concord Wilshire, we take pride in using Crest Real Estate for our due diligence, design, and permit expediting services in prime markets in Southern California. They are our preferred vendor and our first call when underwriting a high-end residential opportunity in SoCal. Their team possesses decades of experience and they have numerous development disciplines in-house that we get the added benefit from. If they need to outsource a particular scope to meet our needs, they only partner with the best consultants in their markets. Jason and Steven Somers are passionate about their work and they have created a consistent and strong culture in their shop with integrity and reliability at its core. They work weekends and nights to make sure that my projects are delivered on time. It’s clear that their team prides itself on exceeding their clients expectations.

We have had the pleasure of working with Jason, Steven and the entire Crest team for over 12 years completing dozens of extremely successful projects together. The cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills are extremely complicated jurisdictions that require expeditors with extensive knowledge of the current code interpretations in order to move the projects through the cities swiftly. Crest Real Estates integrity and dedication make them a top choice for expedited services. We highly recommend them for their expertise, transparent communication, exceptional service, and personalized approach.

Our office has enjoyed a close, collaborative relationship with Crest Real Estate, extending over more than ten years and almost 40 projects across several jurisdictions. They have always been an excellent and reliable partner; our successes in moving really challenging projects forward have in large part been due to their early and consistent involvement. In particular, I appreciate Crest’s proactive approach to the planning of entitlements strategies. Rather than waiting for us to ask questions, they proactively engage in fact finding, help build a strategy and define objectives, and then assist in establishing deliverables and communicating these to our clients and the project teams. Personally, Jason and Steven have incredible work ethics and demand focus and dedication from their team. This apparent no matter who we’re working with at Crest on a given project, in the quality of the communication, the attention, and follow through.

I have been working with Crest since I started my firm in 2005 and they are simply the best firm to work with. Jason and Steven are developers themselves and lead a team that knows the code inside and out and more importantly, the subtleties within it, that can be used to their advantage. Crest is a force in the industry and have relationships with individuals at the municipal and state departments who respect Crest. I heard from a higher up at the City that when Crest walks into a meeting, that everyone knows beforehand that after their team is done artfully explaining why their client should get what they want, that they are going to agree and approve the request. The meeting is just a formality to hear the creative way that Crest has worked the system to their advantage. Oh yeah, on top of it, they are just calm, great, and interesting successful people that everyone needs in their life.

"Thank you for working with the best” is the phrase I hear from clients after Crest Real Estate obtains for them what everyone thought was nearly impossible. Time and again the clients can’t get over the fact that Crest thanks them for the opportunity to work on their project. Jason and Steven’s team has expertise in every category of development, understands complex issues and how to solve them, and has an enviable record of success. Crest continues to suggest creative solutions where none were initially apparent, which leads to a ‘yes’ from city planners in world-record time.

JRC Group and Crest have been doing business for over a decade now with Crest being involved in nearly 75% of JRC’s major projects. Jason & Steven have a true pulse on all aspects of the Los Angeles area real estate market and thier vast knowledge of permitting, municipal approvals, and guidance throughout our construction process has put our management team at ease, knowing we have a partner always looking out for the best interest of our clients. Crest’s project managers are always a pleasure to work with and like Jason & Steven, are always keeping up with vital real estate measures that ensure we have the latest information while working through our projects or during pre-construction prior to obtaining permits. Crest has always been, and will continue to be our go-to for any and all permitting and expediting services.