Los Angeles

Developers can still secure entitlements through an all-virtual process. Even public hearings are done online.

Entertainment companies have been a major driver of office leasing in L.A., but the pandemic will stall that activity.

The Dot Com Bubble and the 2008 Financial Crisis could inform the damage to come and the recovery in the current dislocation.

The finance firm is urging Congress to provide more funding for the Paycheck Protection Program.

It is unclear how long shelter-in-place restrictions will last, but apartment owners are doing cost-analysis through the end of the year.

The market dislocation has created opportunity to acquire distressed loans, particularly for assets suffering from severe rent loss.

The transactions had been in progress for roughly one year, and were finalized just as the coronavirus began to spread across the country.

Balanced supply will help prevent asset devaluation, according to FivePoint CEO Emile Haddad.