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—The public industrial REIT buys two fully leased properties for $29 million, and gains more than 100,000 square feet of excess land between the two sites.
LOS ANGELES—At RICS' annual Summit of the Americas, Army Reserve facilities chief James Balocki calls on the private sector to help the government mange its assets.
LOS ANGELES—The two firms form a private equity platform under the name SVN DealPoint Merrill Realty Partners with the goal of investing $100 million in its first year, GlobeSt.com reports <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b>.
MARINA DEL REY, CA—Legacy Partners Residential secures the funds to acquire and renovate the 379-unit apartment complex and its existing docks and waterfront promenade.
LOS ANGELES—According to a new report from MasterCard that tracks retail spending of cardholders, the downtown market has several areas that rank in the top 1% in the state and country for total revenue performance.
LOS ANGELES—Ed Sachse of Kennedy Wilson—which was just tapped to handle retail leasing at the massive Oceanwide Plaza development—talks about the trends and drivers in the downtown retail market in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> Q&A.
CARLSBAD, CA—The developer announces plans to preserve 176 acres of coastline south of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon to serve as open space for the local community.