LOS ANGELES-Kennedy Wilson, an international real estate and investment services firm, has added Justin Weiss to its Kennedy Wilson Brokerage Group Los Angeles office as senior associate, GlobeSt.com learns exclusively. Weiss comes to the firm from the Downtown Center Business Improvement District and is an expert in the Downtown Los Angeles market.

Weiss was instrumental in recruiting big-name tenants to the Downtown area and helping to revitalize the market. He was involved in enlisting JW Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Urban Outfitters and Target, just to name a few, and obtained equity and debt financing for multifamily properties and creative office space.

“I am eager to work with my colleagues at Kennedy Wilson to continue bringing more creative tenants and outstanding investments to Downtown Los Angeles,” Weiss says. “I am anxious to do all I can at this firm to create jobs and help Los Angeles take its place as the greatest city in the world.”

Kennedy Wilson hired Weiss to expand its brokerage platform in the downtown market. His extensive knowledge of the area and experience facilitating tenant transactions makes him a true asset to the firm, explains Ed Sachse, executive managing director of Kennedy Wilson Brokerage Group. Weiss' valuable connections in the downtown arena will also, no doubt, be a valuable asset when recruiting and securing transactions.

“Justin has played an important role in recruiting retailers and developers to Downtown Los Angeles,” says Los Angeles city councilmember Jose Huizar. “I look forward to continue working with Justin and the Kennedy Wilson team as we revitalize, re-energize and re-envision Downtown Los Angeles.”

The downtown market has seen tremendous growth over the last several years with the inclusion of these major tenants that Weiss helped to secure. Earlier this year, in a commentary article published on GlobeSt.com, Christopher Cooper, principal and managing director at Avison Young, called the market “one of the most dynamic urban cores in the world,” forecasting an exceptional year with continued growth. Kennedy Wilson's move to expand its downtown platform underlines Cooper's comments about this growing market.

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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.

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