Market Commentary

Homelessness in recent years has been snowballing to intolerable levels, at least that’s what most Angelenos indicated in 2016 with Measure HHH. Today, Measure ULA is rallying to create a new tax on the sale of top dollar properties. This includes a $1.2 billion bond measure to fund supportive housing construction and county wide tax …

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In our segment “If I Were the Owner,” Broker, Justin White looks at a building chosen at random and makes some recommendations that might make owning or selling this building better. The big private office is extinct so if I were the owner of this property, I would leverage what I do have to provide for current demand.  The most likely user for this property is a family owned …

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In this section, we discuss the common frustrations we see amongst property owners that can be avoided with some fine tuning of processes and other methods to ease your ownership headaches. Let us help you make your investments more massive while you turn your management more passive! HR professionals preach “hire slow, fire fast” and …

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In this segment of our Client Features series, we help showcase the business of our team’s client, as he works to grow his local presence. Centennial Advisers recently leased out the space at 1881 Freeman Ave. in Signal Hill with Craizst Coast, LLC who specializes in custom floating canvases, panels, and stretcher bars. Whether you …

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In Missed Management we look at opportunities any commercial property owners miss when managing commercial property; Providing tips you can use to make more money, save time or just make your life a little easier is our goal. The leading missed opportunity in 2022 is maximizing your rental income. Whether it’s been COVID restrictions, business closures, …

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Owners of a high maintenance apartment building make a change to 46% more net cash flow. Families who have owned apartment buildings for long periods of time can often benefit from a quick analysis of their portfolio. Last year, we were lucky enough to work with a family who had owned a 12-unit apartment building …

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In our segment “If I Were the Owner,” Broker, Justin White looks at a building chosen at random and makes some recommendations that might make owning or selling this building better.  If I were the owner of 21221 Wilmington Ave, Carson, I’d look at two options: Go to a “WeWork” or Cloud Kitchens type model …

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The first week of games was not the only story making headlines as the National Football League commences its 2022-2023 season. Hudson Pacific Properties served as the NFL’s landlord at their—now former—media office headquarters in Culver City. They officially filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission to vacate the 170,000 square foot space …

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The country is heading towards a recession, at least according to almost half of the economists recently surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics. Some economists believe we are already in a recession. 47% of economists in the organization’s semi annual survey that was conducted in August felt that the recession will begin this …

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San Francisco’s downtown core once accounted for most of the city’s GDP with a 70% sales tax revenue, and 40% of all jobs. And once the pandemic permeated everyday life, mass-vacancies swept across the office sector exposing a vulnerability that could impact the local commercial real estate market. During the aftermath of the “Great Recession” …

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