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DTLA Set a Development Record in 2017

Development activity continued to climb in 2017 with more than 2,800 apartment units delivering, 10,000 units under construction and nearly 30,000 in the pipeline.

Carol Schatz Carol Schatz is the president and CEO of the DCBID.

The Downtown Los Angeles market had another record-breaking year for apartment development, according to the latest quarterly report from the Downtown Central Improvement District. In 2017, the downtown market had 2,831 units deliver in a total of 11 projects and a pipeline of nearly 10,000 more units under construction and 30,000 proposed units. “Without a doubt, DTLA is benefiting from the long and sustained renaissance that has reestablished it as the heart of the Los Angeles,” Carol Schatz, president of the DCBID, tells GlobeSt.com, adding that all signs point to continued growth. “DTLA now boasts a residential population of roughly 65,000, and that is projected to double in the next 10 years. The market has a truly world-class arts and culture program, a roster of hotels, restaurants, bars, and clubs second to none and a growing metro system connecting it to the rest of the city and the sea. There is still so much opportunity here.”

Schatz says that a strong economy and healthy real estate fundamentals are also driving the activity in the market; however, the development pipeline, which has steadily increased each year, underscores a bullishness from investors that hasn’t waned. “The sheer fact that there continues to be such an incredible number of projects under development and in the planning stages, after a year in which DTLA delivered and absorbed the largest number of residential units in its history, illustrates the might of the market,” explains Schatz. “This resiliency demonstrates to investors that DTLA is here to stay, and if you want to be a part of this special story, the time to act is now.”

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Kelsi Maree Borland

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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