Anyone reading the news in late 2017 and early 2018 knows about the bitcoin roller-coaster. One day, it seemed, half…
Affiliate Member Spotlight: Lee Johnson and the Path to Loan Fund LA
Lee Johnson, co-founder of Loan Fund LA has real estate is in his genetic makeup. Born in Flushing, Queens, New…
The Legality of Providing Broker Price Opinions of Value in California
Written By: Lee Dresie and Lauren Fishelman of Greenberg Glusker Licensed California brokers provide an essential resource for their clients.…
Real Estate Loses with a Split Roll Tax
In June 1978, California voters approved the People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation, better known as Proposition 13, or Prop…
Lower Lease Rates Key to Playa Vista’s Popularity
Situated near Culver City and Marina del Ray on Los Angeles’ west side, the submarket of Playa Vista has made…
Real Estate and Redwood Roots: Member Spotlight, Richard John
As a youth in 1973, Rick “RJ” John of Daum Commercial Real Estate planted redwood tree saplings at the fledgling…
The CA CRE Energy Reporting Deadline . . . It’s Coming
Everything You Need to Know about California Energy Transparency The state of California is continuing efforts to boost energy efficiency and…
What the Recent Spending Bill Means for CRE
Foreign Pension Investment Clarified in New Spending Bill The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, better known as the Omnibus Act,…
A data dive into Los Angeles and the Inland Empire
METRICS MONITORING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Q1 REPORTS AND ANALYSIS In January 2018, the Winter/Spring 2018 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California…
More than a Spaceship: The Cultural Boost of the Lucas Museum
MORE THAN A SPACESHIP: A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LUCAS MUSEUM IMPACT After years of planning, construction finally launched on…
Retail’s Resurrection, Proactive Action
OUT-OF-THE (BIG) BOX THINKING Anyone who pays attention to the news, knows the retail sector continues being besieged by bankruptcies and closures.…
Profiling Three Women Succeeding in CRE: Colliers’ Summer Coulter, Cushman & Wakefield’s Julia Blakeley & JLL’s Dana Vargas
Today, as a new generation of commercial real estate brokers enter the workforce, change is clearly underway. Across the country,…
A Reveal of SoCal’s Inland Empire
THE GOOD AND THE CHALLENGES – BREAKING DOWN THE INLAND EMPIRE Surrounded by mountain ranges and hills, the Inland Empire…
Creative Offices: Building Communities, Boosting Productivity
THE TRUE DEFINITION OF CREATIVE OFFICE Office design has undergone a huge shift in the past half-century. The modern office…
Will pot legalization in California lead to huge CRE values and rents?
SAME POT, UNALIKE STATES, DIFFERENT OUTCOMES Proposition 64 – better known as the “Adult Use of Marijuana Act” – passed…
DTLA Revitalization: A Two-Sided Issue
TWO SIDES OF THE DTLA REVITALIZATION Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) generated a lot of good news in 2017. “Downtown Los…
One Way to Disrupt Commercial Real Estate (Video)
BUILDING SYSTEMS AND BEYOND: THE DISRUPTING INFLUENCE OF IoT Google the words “commercial real estate” and “Internet of Things (IoT),”…
CRE Industry Rallies, Helps Defeat Dual Agency Ban Bill (Video)
Currently, a list of 100 bills are working their way through the California legislative process that are being tracked by…
Welcoming New AIR CRE Board Directors, Kidder Mathews’ Jon Reno and Ashwill Associates’ Mitch Ashwill
Each year, AIR CRE welcomes commercial real estate leaders into new roles within the organization. The board appointed Jeff Puffer…
AIR CRE’s 25th Annual Real Estate Market Review & Forecast Wrap Up (Video)
The AIR CRE Annual Market Review and Forecast has long been a “must-do” event on SoCal's commercial real estate landscape.…
Jeff Puffer Assumes Reins of AIR CRE, and Delphi
Jeff Puffer, AIR CRE’s 2018 President, is accustomed to soaring to heights few others dare to go. The licensed commercial…
SoCal Tenant Demand, Investor Appetite Geared Toward Office Mixed Use in 2018
When it came to office fundamentals, 2017 was a very good year for Southern California. And, while more space is…
The Link Between the Tax Bill and Real Estate
Even before Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and President Donald Trump signed it into law,…
How 2017 Holiday Retail Season Affected Industrial Real Estate Sector
Shoppers’ growing preference for variety and value were at the forefront of 2017’s holiday retail trends. Those included an even…
Clearing the Air at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
From an environmental perspective, maritime ports of call tend to be loud, smelly places. Ships regularly dock, unloading cargo and…
The New World of CRE Talent Recruitment
Once upon a time, the only tools necessary to lure the best and brightest to a commercial real estate company…
West Harbor Capital’s Adam Deierling and Eric Ruehle Joined Forces to Attack Southern California’s Industrial Market
West Harbor Capital’s Eric Ruehle and Adam Deierling were brought together by their common background, diverse institutional real estate experience,…
Scratching The Surface: From Parking Lots to Mixed-Use
Southern California in general, and the Los Angeles metro in particular, can be considered heavily car-centric. Though public transportation exists…
Moving with The L.A. River Current
The Los Angeles River, with its combination of pavement and wildlife, stretches 51 miles from the San Fernando Valley to…
The “New” Mixed-Use Isn’t All That New
The hot trend in real estate development these days is “mixed-use.” It seems as though newer housing developments are reliant…