Other commercial real estate submarkets tend to get flashy headlines and press coverage. Take warehousing, whose strong growth is the talk of real estate investors. However, savvy investors are taking more notice of one particular industrial submarket: self-storage. Its investment [...]
The news frequently covers the ongoing retail market disruption. Numerous well-known retailers have shuttered doors due to online shopping competition. However, e-commerce’s impact goes beyond outlet centers and shopping malls. Increased e-commerce demands are driving low vacancy rates and higher [...]
One man’s trash is another’s… repurposed real estate? Developers are looking at properties through new lenses and repurposing existing structures, like converting an auto garage into a restaurant or a supermarket into retail space. In our experience, repurposing existing spaces [...]
We know the good news. Businesses stand to profit on the new tax bill. A reduced corporate tax rate means more returns for entities from LLC to C-corp. The official bill saved other significant protections for commercial real estate (CRE) [...]
A Mini-Permanent (mini-perm) loan is a type of commercial real estate loan that typically has a term between 3 to 5 years. Typically, a mini-perm is used to pay off a construction loan and fills in the gap until longer-term funding can [...]
Some luxury estates built pre-2000s need renovation to match contemporary home buyer needs with the neighborhood’s price point. With other dated properties, it may be more cost-efficient to demolish the existing structure and rebuild. It’s not uncommon in some luxury [...]
Real estate investors and developers like the future outlook for multifamily properties. While vacancy rates fluctuate due to new supply coming online and changing demands, a broad view shows California vacancy rates remaining fairly stable. However, some developers are finding [...]
People want to live, work, and play in Los Angeles. Over 42,470 people moved into the area during 2016-2017, pushing LA to a new milestone this year: 4 million residents. Population growth is causing a surge of development and investor [...]
A renovation project always starts with the numbers: the list price plus renovation costs plus a cushion. Experienced investors know to have enough cash available to cover renovations and float the property until it sells. While it’s ideal to have [...]
As we wait for the House and Senate to reconcile their two versions of the tax bill for the final outcome, the commercial real estate industry has a better idea of the new code’s potential impact. Overall, the tax bill [...]
Managing a construction project requires juggling many hats. Luckily, project managers are expert task managers and problem-solvers. With the right technology tools, project managers swiftly and decisively make decisions to deliver projects on budget and on time. These are some [...]
To the surprise of many, Los Angeles has not been witnessing an industrial recession. If anything, the Los Angeles industrial real estate market is resilient against any possible industrial recession right now. Strong employment growth, low vacancy rates, and the [...]
Home property renovation is always a tricky business. Things get even trickier in the luxury residential market. Renovating to sell a luxury property is not a typical fix and flip. Luxury buyers don't have the time to design their home's details, [...]
The Federal Reserve is ready to reduce its $4.5 trillion balance sheet of mortgage-backed securities, government bonds, and other assets carried over from the financial crisis. Even though the Fed did not raise interest rates in its September policy meeting, [...]
Commercial investors looking to debt finance their redevelopment or adaptive reuse project often consider bridge loans or a commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS.) The type of financing that will work best for you depends on factors inherent in the investment’s purpose [...]
