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—A 32-unit apartment complex with no parking and mostly studio units receives 10 unsolicited offers from investors looking to pick up a multifamily property in a market where similar assets rarely trade hands.
SAN DIMAS, CA—The off-market sale of a 33,428-square-foot industrial facility shows that, whether the property is large or small, industrial demand is strong.
LOS ANGELES—Even outside of ecommerce, the industrial sector is booming with everything from food-grade facilities to data centers, explains Erik Foster of Avison Young, as he prepares to speak on the trends to watch panel at NAIOP's I.CON conference in June.
PACOIMA, CA—The Zocalito of Pacoima, a 20,000-square-foot retail and mixed-use project, reaches 85% occupancy and is looking to first-time entrepreneurs to occupy space in the remainder of the project.
SANTA MONICA, CA—After purchasing a Silicon Beach office asset at the highest price per square foot last week, the New York-based investor talks about the investment and the firm's interest in the L.A. market in this <b>UPDATE</b> to a previous story.
LOS ANGELES—The peer-to-peer lending platform will participate in REach 2015, a growth technology accelerator program sponsored by the National Association of Realtors' investment arm, Second City Ventures.
TORRANCE, CA—Village Center, a 31,135-square-foot shopping center with only local tenants, receives multiple offers from investors, showing the strength of the retail sector.
SHAFTER, CA—Roll Real Estate completes the build-to-suit development at the Paramount Logistics Park, a 1,625-acre industrial campus, eight months after breaking ground.
SANTA MONICA, CA—A private investor buys a 23,575-square-foot office building in the Silicon Beach area of Santa Monica for $23.7 million, or $1,004 per square foot, a new record in the submarket.