The development of a shopping center brings with it certain complications. Aligning the interests of numerous parties can be a difficult enough challenge in its own right, but once PennDOT and the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources get involved, it takes expert oversight to steady the process.

Meyer, Unkovic & Scott provided that expertise in its work on McCandless Crossing, a mixed-use project 10 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh. The firm’s real estate group navigated through all corners of the land’s development — conveying ownership interests, working out zoning issues in a complicated district, dealing with construction problems that arose and complications with the DCNR caused by nearby wetlands.