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.
LOS ANGELES—After buying the massive retail property for $111 million last week, the Laurus Corp. announces plans to invest an additional $30 million in upgrades to the property, GlobeSt.com reports in this <b>UPDATE</b> to a previous story.
TORRANCE, CA—Meta Housing completes the Cabrillo Family Apartments, a 44-unit affordable housing complex, and with rising rents in the L.A. area, it is in urgent need.
LOS ANGELES—Allen Construction launches a new commercial construction division to strategically expand after several local construction companies shuttered.
LOS ANGELES—Development in Downtown Los Angeles is stronger than ever, with 40 residential projects underway and several major retail and hotel projects, making downtown one of the country's hottest markets.
LOS ANGELES—DealPoint Merrill buys a 223,614-square-foot, three-property portfolio in Illinois, New York and Texas, which includes a Walmart Super Center and an Albertson's-anchored shopping center.
LOS ANGELES—In today's competitive market, speed is the key, according to Alexa Mizrahi of Lone Oak Fund, who sat down with us to talk about the challenges in the capital market before speaking at RealShare Investment & Finance.
LONG BEACH, CA—Cargo activity at the Port of Long Beach rises 6% in May, making it the most active month since October 2007 and the best May since May 2006.
LOS ANGELES—In this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Q&A, George Smith Partners' Jonathan Lee talks about the local challenges surfacing from the newly rolled out HVCRE regulations.