Susan Demmitt Bio

Susan Demmitt is a seasoned land use and real estate attorney with a well-earned reputation for successfully navigating the complexities of large-scale development projects, including master-planned communities and industrial campuses, as well as specialty projects and affordable housing. With 23 years of experience and a background in architecture and urban planning, she provides creative, business-minded solutions for clients throughout the entire development process. Susan is an attorney with Gammage & Burnham’s Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group, where she draws on her diverse experience to guide clients through the intricacies of land use entitlements, development permitting, and complex real estate acquisitions. Her practice includes negotiating development and infrastructure reimbursement agreements, impact fee agreements, community facilities districts, and annexations, as well as providing strategic oversight of public outreach campaigns. With a professional background as an architect and urban planner, Susan is uniquely equipped to tackle the multifaceted legal and regulatory challenges that arise in large-scale development projects. She has extensive experience as the architect of regulatory structures for master planned communities and a reputation for handling large-scale real estate entitlement projects. Her experience extends to projects with unique needs such as complex mixed-use projects, golf course redevelopments, railroad facilities, hospital campuses and LIHTC affordable housing projects. She has also developed strong relationships with developers, landowners, consultants, and government officials, particularly within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area and has longstanding relationships with the Arizona State Land Department, where she frequently assists clients with leasing and acquiring State Trust Land. Susan earned her law degree from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and holds a degree in architecture from Kansas State University, giving her a well-rounded approach to real estate and land use law. She is actively involved in shaping the future of development in Arizona and is a trusted advisor to her clients.