Chris Burns Chris Burns Duke Realty Corp. GlobeSt.com: This cycle you have amassed a significant portfolio in Southern California—a highly sought-after market. Tell me about your acquisition strategy. Chris Burns: GlobeSt.com: Industrial really started to take off in 2013. You were really early in the trend. Did the firm anticipate this growth in advance? Burns: GlobeSt.com: How has the market changed since you arrived in 2011? Burns: GlobeSt.com: As the market has changed, have you focused on different industrial product types or development markets? Burns: GlobeSt.com: What have started to see institutional capital partner with private capital sources to penetrate the Southern California market. How have you funded your acquisition, and would you consider joint venture opportunities? Burns:

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.