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DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT: MAKING EVERY SQUARE FOOT COUNT
Future development in Los Angeles County will be dominated by urban infill projects that replace existing development forms and uses with denser and more complex development forms and uses. Current and future political and market uncertainties, significant up-front costs, and other related risks further complicate the development environment and make business planning even more precarious. This panel will focus on the tools local governments, developers, and attorneys are using to mitigate these development challenges. Examples include flexible entitlements, development agreements, and redevelopment incentives, and steering developers and investors toward projects with more streamlined entitlement review such as urban in-fill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented projects.
Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation presented at the Crocker Symposium.
MODERATOR
Gillian van Muyden, General Counsel – Redevelopment
City of Glendale, City Attorney’s Office
Gillian van Muyden advises the Glendale Redevelopment Agency on land use, CEQA, real estate, redevelopment, and municipal law. She received her BA from UC Berkeley, MPA from CSUN, and JD from Pepperdine. She is a member of the California State Bar Real Property Section Executive Committee and is a prior managing editor of the California Real Property Journal.
PANELISTS
Hassan Haghani, Director of Planning
City of Glendale
Hassan Haghani is director of planning for the City of Glendale. He has completely overhauled Glendale's approach to planning, putting greater emphasis on urban design and architecture, creating Glendale's award-winning Downtown Specific Plan, starting a design-based General Plan, and establishing a design studio in the Planning Department. Mr. Haghani has a master's degree in urban planning from UCLA. MORE>
Kevin Ratner, President
Forest City Residential West
Kevin Ratner is president of Forest City Residential West, responsible for Forest City’s residential businesses in California, including the development of market-rate, affordable, student, mixed-use, adaptive reuse, and high-rise communities. Recently, Mr. Ratner worked with the City of Los Angeles to develop its Green Building Program, a monumental ordinance aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Lucinda Starrett, Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lucinda Starrett is a partner at Latham & Watkins and the chair of the national Land Use Group. Her practice includes real estate development, land use entitlements, infrastructure approvals, and related environmental matters. Ms. Starrett’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) practice focuses on administrative and pre-litigation counseling. Ms. Starrett is registered as a lobbyist with the City and County of Los Angeles and with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MORE>
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Future development in Los Angeles County will be dominated by urban infill projects that replace existing development forms and uses with denser and more complex development forms and uses. Current and future political and market uncertainties, significant up-front costs, and other related risks further complicate the development environment and make business planning even more precarious. This panel will focus on the tools local governments, developers, and attorneys are using to mitigate these development challenges. Examples include flexible entitlements, development agreements, and redevelopment incentives, and steering developers and investors toward projects with more streamlined entitlement review such as urban in-fill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented projects.
Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation presented at the Crocker Symposium.
MODERATOR
Gillian van Muyden, General Counsel – Redevelopment
City of Glendale, City Attorney’s Office
Gillian van Muyden advises the Glendale Redevelopment Agency on land use, CEQA, real estate, redevelopment, and municipal law. She received her BA from UC Berkeley, MPA from CSUN, and JD from Pepperdine. She is a member of the California State Bar Real Property Section Executive Committee and is a prior managing editor of the California Real Property Journal. PANELISTS
Hassan Haghani, Director of Planning
City of Glendale
Hassan Haghani is director of planning for the City of Glendale. He has completely overhauled Glendale's approach to planning, putting greater emphasis on urban design and architecture, creating Glendale's award-winning Downtown Specific Plan, starting a design-based General Plan, and establishing a design studio in the Planning Department. Mr. Haghani has a master's degree in urban planning from UCLA. MORE> Kevin Ratner, President
Forest City Residential West
Kevin Ratner is president of Forest City Residential West, responsible for Forest City’s residential businesses in California, including the development of market-rate, affordable, student, mixed-use, adaptive reuse, and high-rise communities. Recently, Mr. Ratner worked with the City of Los Angeles to develop its Green Building Program, a monumental ordinance aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Lucinda Starrett, Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lucinda Starrett is a partner at Latham & Watkins and the chair of the national Land Use Group. Her practice includes real estate development, land use entitlements, infrastructure approvals, and related environmental matters. Ms. Starrett’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) practice focuses on administrative and pre-litigation counseling. Ms. Starrett is registered as a lobbyist with the City and County of Los Angeles and with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MORE> Return to Breakout Sessions Listing>