Taylor Woods

This year, Urban Commons has big acquisition plans. Following the $70 million renovation of the Queen Mary, Urban Commons plans to increase its acquisition volume this year in primary markets across the country. We sat down with Taylor Woods, a principal at Urban Commons, to talk about the firm's activity in 2017 and its plans for 2018.

GlobeSt.com: Tell me about your acquisition strategy in 2017.

Taylor Woods: In 2017, Urban Commons sought strategic acquisitions with value-add opportunities to create and invest capital in properties that have been underutilized or under-appreciated. We also pursued assets in select areas where we've secured entitlements and permitting, and have had approval to build new hotels and apartments in urban markets throughout California.

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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.