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OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY IN REAL ESTATE
Opportunities to profit from owning real estate are limited only by a property owner’s ingenuity and persistence. This panel will explore some of the best new (and not so new) profit opportunities, focusing on both the legal and business aspects of generating revenue from licensing advertising space on outer walls to inside elevators, leasing rooftops for 3rd party solar panels, cell towers, and wind turbines, and installing electric carports. In addition, panelists will discuss the challenges of leasing space to such unique tenants as marijuana dispensaries and data centers, and conclude by reviewing strategies to overcome obstacles and maximize profit without unreasonable risk.
MODERATOR
Pamela Westhoff, Partner
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Pamela Westhoff represents clients in a wide range of real estate transactions, with an emphasis in acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, and technology issues affecting real estate. She has developed expertise in data center leasing, and in the representation of radio and television broadcasters in real estate-related matters, including broadcast and communications tower licensing.
PANELISTS
Sophie Akins, Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Sophie Akins is a partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP and specializes in renewable energy, including solar, wind, and biogas projects as well as Power Purchase Agreements. Since 2007, Ms. Akins has worked on more than 14% of the State of California’s public agency solar projects.
Ellen Berkowitz, Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Ellen Berkowitz is a partner specializing in real estate and land use at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. She provides legal and strategic advice to help clients make productive use of their real estate assets and assists clients in obtaining the entitlements necessary for project development. She also handles land use-related litigation, primarily arising from project challenges under CEQA and other land use regulations.
Kim Westhoff, Deputy City Attorney
Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney
Kim Westhoff is currently associated with the Land Use Section of the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney. Ms. Westhoff represents the City of Los Angeles in federal and state court concerning billboards, supergraphics, inverse condemnation, general land use issues, and medical marijuana. She advises the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners.
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Opportunities to profit from owning real estate are limited only by a property owner’s ingenuity and persistence. This panel will explore some of the best new (and not so new) profit opportunities, focusing on both the legal and business aspects of generating revenue from licensing advertising space on outer walls to inside elevators, leasing rooftops for 3rd party solar panels, cell towers, and wind turbines, and installing electric carports. In addition, panelists will discuss the challenges of leasing space to such unique tenants as marijuana dispensaries and data centers, and conclude by reviewing strategies to overcome obstacles and maximize profit without unreasonable risk.
MODERATOR
Pamela Westhoff, Partner
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Pamela Westhoff represents clients in a wide range of real estate transactions, with an emphasis in acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, and technology issues affecting real estate. She has developed expertise in data center leasing, and in the representation of radio and television broadcasters in real estate-related matters, including broadcast and communications tower licensing.PANELISTS
Sophie Akins, Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Sophie Akins is a partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP and specializes in renewable energy, including solar, wind, and biogas projects as well as Power Purchase Agreements. Since 2007, Ms. Akins has worked on more than 14% of the State of California’s public agency solar projects.Ellen Berkowitz, Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Ellen Berkowitz is a partner specializing in real estate and land use at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. She provides legal and strategic advice to help clients make productive use of their real estate assets and assists clients in obtaining the entitlements necessary for project development. She also handles land use-related litigation, primarily arising from project challenges under CEQA and other land use regulations.Kim Westhoff, Deputy City Attorney
Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney
Kim Westhoff is currently associated with the Land Use Section of the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney. Ms. Westhoff represents the City of Los Angeles in federal and state court concerning billboards, supergraphics, inverse condemnation, general land use issues, and medical marijuana. She advises the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners.Return to Breakout Sessions Listing>