Los Angeles is an ever-changing landscape – ever growing, ever developing and ever expanding. As new streams of residents enter the dense urban landscape, developers are continually building to meet the increasing demand for accessible housing. As cranes dance around Downtown Los Angeles’ skyline, developments continue to pop up in trending hot-spots like Echo Park, […]
It’s tough for buyers to be fully aware of what they’re entering into when investing in real estate. Whether it be a shortage of marketing materials, a lack of knowledge on all the factors of a building, or an underwriter leaving out a lease clause, buyers should be prepared to face a number of challenges. […]
ICSC’s 2018 RECon Global Retail Real Estate Convention hosted the world’s largest global gathering of retail real estate professionals, among whom industry acumen and insights were shared and discussed. We answered questions like “What is the future of malls and power centers?” “How will technology play a role in maintaining a competitive advantage for retail […]
The Occupy Movement The Occupy Movement started in 2011 when an activist blogger in New York started a Tumblr post entitled “We Are The 99 Percent” with a focus on income inequality, among other things, and spawned the Occupy Wall Street and other Occupy events at that time. The blog was inspired in part by […]
Our team has recently been assigned the task of selling 100% of the shares of an S corporation which holds real estate assets. This opportunity brought up a challenge in assessing the benefits and risks of holding real estate in a corporation as opposed to an LLC or a sole proprietorship, and the tax implications […]
If you are considering commercial real estate as career, or find yourself within the industry looking for ways to accelerate your growth, the one piece of advice I will offer is to align yourself with the right mentor. Your talents and energy are needed more than ever in an industry that is late to adapt to […]
Patrick Toomey and Tom Lagos have joined forces at JLL. While running competing teams in the industry, they found that they shared a deep conviction in a client-first approach to the business. Tom and Patrick also realized that they would have the proper balance of business development and execution to have a high-quality and high-volume team. With Patrick’s institutional […]
Although not a standard street in the typical sense, Main Street U.S.A Disneyland is destination shopping at its finest: classic retail storefronts, a delicious candy store filled with fudge, toffee and caramel apples shaped as Mickey Mouse, an old movie theater playing “Steamboat Willie,” and even a French-style cafe where you can rest your tired […]
Boring, old-fashioned, dirty, necessary. These are the words that might come to mind when Americans today think of a traditional strip mall. Ever thought about the work that goes into designing a strip mall? It may be hard to fathom that there is any sort of methodical reasoning that goes into the physical design of […]
Receiving an offer or pending renewal can seem exciting for any owner. However, when it comes to selling the shopping center, not all deals are created equal. In fact, it can affect the valuation process. For an owner, a vacancy can be a negative on the one-hand, and a value-add opportunity for a buyer on […]
