Arteen Mnayan guides developers, investors, lenders and public agencies in real estate and infrastructure projects throughout California, with a practice that spans land use approvals, acquisitions, dispositions, financing and construction. As leader of Polsinelli’s California Land Use Practice, he represents clients from site acquisition through entitlement, financing and construction. His practice combines a command of the state's land use, zoning and environmental laws with practical knowledge of the local politics that often decide whether a project gets built, how long it takes and what it costs.

Entitlements are the core of Arteen's practice, and his work spans nearly every asset class: multifamily and affordable housing, industrial and logistics, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality, educational, medical and infrastructure. He guides these projects through state and local approvals, building entitlement strategy around the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Subdivision Map Act, local zoning codes and California's housing statutes, including the State Density Bonus Law and the Ellis Act. He drafts and negotiates development agreements and advises on sign districts, water supply and infrastructure constraints. As a registered lobbyist with the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions, he advocates for clients directly with the officials who approve their projects.

Arteen also applies his land use perspective across real estate transactions and finance matters, helping clients evaluate how entitlement status, approval timelines and development constraints affect value, risk and execution. He represents clients in acquisitions and dispositions of development sites, purchase and sale agreements, ground leases, joint ventures and entitlement due diligence. He advises borrowers and lenders on construction, acquisition and refinancing loans secured by real property, including tax credit financed affordable housing, and he counsels institutional lenders on entitlement risk in their loan portfolios.

Arteen stays connected to the policy, planning and civic issues that influence development throughout California. He is active in California's policy and planning community through the Central City Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Business Council and the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. He was appointed to the Court Reporters Board of California by the President pro Tempore of the California State Senate. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School and on the boards of several other nonprofit organizations.