Opportunity Zones have recently sparked the interest of investors and those who work in the commercial real estate industry. Activity in the program has been fairly limited and there are still a lot of questions surrounding the topic, but still, investors have started to position themselves to take advantage as soon as they are given …
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People love to travel in style, so why not live in style? As the multifamily market continues to boom, and we see an increase in the development of new multifamily units, the competition is fierce, and operators will need to implement new ideas and amenities to stand out. The multifamily market could learn a lot …
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Are Multifamily and Retail Carrying Downtown LA? Retail and multifamily lead activity has come back in Downtown Los Angeles is a positive way and both sectors are fueling the next phase of the renaissance and driving growth within other sectors as well. The Numbers According to DCBID’s recent quarterly research report, multifamily occupancy increased 9.4 …
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Property investors have recently turned toward one-million dollar plus homes to flip. Developing a luxury home is much different than fixing and flipping a traditional home simply because it is more expensive and takes a lot more time, considering many of these homes are much larger in scale. Let’s take a look at how to …
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Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is seeing the biggest development boom since the 1920s! As Bisnow puts it, “the revival of downtown Los Angeles tells a story of a comeback.” For decades, downtown LA has seen, violence, crime, urban flight, and general dilapidation—and that doesn’t even include smog and traffic. But since 2000, the City of …
Up front, commercial redevelopers have to pour a lot of money into their projects. Often these properties span 50K square feet or more. They become the central point for business districts in cities across America. Today’s redevelopment projects are largely multi-use, combining residential with retail and office. When investors back smart redevelopment projects, the returns …
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Recently, the occupancy and absorption rates for industrial on the West Coast went down for the first time in several years. CoStar reports that despite the unexpected dip, industrial will recover in 2018, though headwinds loom in 2019. California Industrial Has Been Booming News of the slowdown was unexpected, particularly in California where industrial has …
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Experts say that there is a slow down happening in the U.S. office market right now. The labor market is crowded and now there’s a flood of new developments coming online, both adding to the slowing office market. But in California, the office market is expected to keep growing. First of all, the tech sector …
At the end of March this year, bank regulators announced a change to rules that were implemented after the financial collapse a decade ago to reign in reckless bank lending. This rule will relax regulations on commercial real estate lending, allowing “more deals to go ahead without an independent appraisal of the property’s value.” Some worry …
Multifamily and industrial loan seekers are more likely to receive a loan than other type of commercial project thanks to California’s high demand for these spaces. There is a housing shortage and an e-commerce boom in southern California so strong that demand is increasing even while interest rates are going up. Lenders are anxious to …
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According to a 2016 survey, the vast majority of lenders expect that fintech will be at the heart of changes occurring in the sector over the next two years, calling the level of disruption “unprecedented” and universal. By equalizing opportunities for investment, financing, and lending for businesses of all sizes, fintech is changing lending for …
Adding up all of the snares coming developers’ way from uncertain tax and regulatory policies, housing shortages, slow new construction, to several unpredictable wildfires and hurricanes, commercial development experienced somewhat of a shake up over the last year. Yet, according to this year’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate Report® annually produced by the Urban Land …
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News that tech startups and residents alike have been moving out of Southern California due to rising prices is missing a big development – surprise! It’s office development on the rise in L.A. Office construction is picking up across the city of Los Angeles. In fact, there was a more than 53% increase in office …
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In cities nationwide, housing markets are tightening amid shrinking inventories while new construction projects have slowed and mortgage rates have been on the rise. Fundamentals in multifamily and industrial look good, but why the chatter of a lending pullback? Some experts worry skyrocketing leasing and construction costs are setting markets up for the next recession. …
Good news for people: today’s aging seniors are living longer than earlier generations. That’s good news for real estate. Metropolitan areas across the United States report growth in the senior housing market and the need for more facilities will increase in the coming decades. Senior housing encompasses purpose-built facilities ranging from independent housing to assisted …
