Dean Zander Dean Zander

Southern California is among the top markets for green building. Both Los Angeles and Orange County ranked among the top markets in the country for both office and multifamily green building practices. The designation is likely because the markets have had strong construction activity, and many new developments are adopting green building practices as a standard.

"There has been so much new construction in Los Angeles and Orange County in the last five years, and everyone is building to a higher standard," Dean Zander, EVP at CBRE, tells GlobeSt.com. "Most developers are building with sustainability and green standards automatically as part of their new product. With so many new units added to the supply, green adoption and amenities are becoming the norm."

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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.