For the past sixty years, AIR CRE has helped transform the SoCal CRE industry with best-in-class products and services, and…
AIR CREators: DAUM’s Casey Mungo on Resilience in Work Ethic
Casey Mungo pictured with his wife Stacina and daughter Sadie. Casey Mungo, Executive Vice President at Daum Commercial, started…
The Spirit of Halloween
Yesterday, AIR CRE held its quarterly staff meeting with our employees from both the OC and DTLA offices. These gatherings…
AIR CREators: Colliers’ James Malone on how his Gridiron Experience Translates Off the Field
James Malone and his wife Shelly, pictured with their children Jackson and Jordan at his mother's wedding in Austin, Texas…
Four Things on My Radar
This month’s INSIGHTS is a bit more free-flowing than usual. First, I want to bring you up to speed on…
Greenberg Glusker on Maximizing the Benefits of Opportunity Zones
Schuyler (Sky) Moore, Partner at Greenberg Glusker, is best known in Los Angeles for closing high-dollar, cross-border deals. He is…
AIR CREators: Prologis’ Lisa Reddy & Analise Guttmann on Setting Goals and Expectations
Lisa Reddy (Center Right) and Analise Guttmann (Far Right) pictured at The Giving Farm in Westminster for Prologis's 2019 IMPACT…
Conducting Better Business with AIR CRE’s Guiding Principles
An association is only as good as its governing rules and Members, and AIR CRE has proven to be a…
AIR CREators: Board Member Justin Altemus on the CRE Business – “It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint.”
Justin Altemus is a third-generation broker at The Altemus Company, a boutique commercial/industrial real estate company located on the Westside…
Seven Lessons I’ve Learned About Life
Whether it be in terms of career or personal success, I’ve found incredible significance in the truth behind each of…
AIR CREators: JLL’s Hayley Blockley on the Key to Negotiation
Hayley English Blockley, Managing Director of JLL, is a creative office brokerage specialist, with more than 14 years’ experience representing…
Reconnecting with AIR CRE’s Historic DTLA Roots
REDISCOVERING OLD GOOD THINGS A week ago, AIR CRE moved it’s offices back to DTLA, after seven years in Glendale.…
AIR CREators: David Crown of LAPMG on the Realities of Property Management
David Crown is the CEO of Los Angeles Property Management Group (LAPMG), and has over twenty-five years of experience managing...
AIR CRE’s Lasting Legacy from Founder Gary Herman, Sr.
Since I began my career at AIR CRE, I’ve heard many, many colorful stories about the “good old days” and…
AIR CREators: Tim Hayes on the Virtues of Personal & Professional Commitment
Tim Hayes is the Executive Director of AIR CRE, having served since 1998. Tim has worked in the commercial real…
Welcoming AIR CRE’s New Members
Last Wednesday, after a more than five-year hiatus, AIR CRE reinstated our live orientation program. Since the inception of the…
AIR CREators: ClientLook’s Michael Griffin on Moving Tech Forward
Michael Griffin is truly one of the CRE industry’s technology pioneers. Since rolling out ARES for ACT! in 1994, Michael…
AIR CRE’s Future Leaders of CRE, Pt. II
This past February, AIR CRE hosted an event at NoMad hotel in DTLA designed with the specific intention to bring…
The Remaking of LAX: Project and Construction Update
In the 1920s, the airport Mines Field arose from the fields of Westchester, CA. L.A.’s first municipal airport was described as “a dirt patch with just rabbits running around,” according to airport historian, Ethel Pattison. Fast-forwarding close to a century, Los Angeles International Airport -- colloquially known as LAX ...
FAANG’s Impact on L.A. Office Space
The headline on JLL’s Q4 2018 Office Insight report for Los Angeles is succinct: “New Supply Struggles to Keep Pace with Space-Hungry New Media Demand.” The report’s gist is that, while Facebook, Apple Amazon, Netflix and Google (FAANG) companies took a hit in the stock market ...
Ten Proptech Companies Deserving of Focus
Plugging “proptech” and “commercial real estate” into Google brings up a plethora of headlines with one theme: Namely, 2019 will be the year in which technology developed for the property market -- proptech -- disrupts the ...
Digging Beneath the Boring Company’s L.A. Tunnel
In late 2016, Elon Musk announced, via Twitter, that “traffic is driving me nuts.” His solution? “Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging . . .” he tweeted ...
Connecting with the Future Leaders of CRE: Millennials & Gen Z
How did you get your start in Commercial Real Estate? Whether it was decades ago, or just last week, every…
Economic Stimulation…? SoCal and the Opportunity Zone Program
In recent months, the Opportunity Zone tax incentive has been portrayed as a new tool to stimulate economic development in lower-income neighborhoods. The concept of funneling ...
Bennett Washabaugh’s Blueprint for Growth Embraces Technology
AIR CRE welcomes Bennett Washabaugh to the 2019 Board of Directors as Marketing Committee Co-Chair ...
Q4 2018: Positives All Around for Office and Industrial CRE TEST
Both the industrial and office sectors in Los Angeles did very well in Q4 2018, and, in fact, throughout the year ...
26th Annual SoCal Market Trends & Forecast Event Recap
The robust panel discussion included leaders from JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, CREtech, WeWork, Gensler, Bird, and California Business Properties Association ...
Q4 2018: Positives All Around for Office and Industrial CRE
Both the industrial and office sectors in Los Angeles did very well in Q4 2018, and, in fact, throughout the…
WeWork, Bird, Gensler & More: 26th Annual Market Trends Event
Dear AIR CRE member, I’m eager to kick off 2019 by welcoming members and guests to attend our 26th Annual…
Jim McFadden, Incoming President and 2019 AIR CRE Goals
Jim McFadden is on a mission, and its name is technology.