Research library / 25 articles
This is the full collection of my work on Los Angeles real estate, hotels, triple-net leases, public companies, semiconductors, retail, and interest rates.
USC Village put housing for about 2,500 students beside a grocery store, restaurants, and public space on fifteen acres next to campus. I researched how that concentration of residents and spending affected the apartments and businesses around University Park.
SoFi Stadium hosted eight matches, but a World Cup trip involved much more than the hours spent inside the stadium. Fans landed at LAX, stayed across the county, used regional shuttles, and attended events from the Coliseum to Downtown, so I traced where that spending was most likely to go.
Oceanwide Plaza was supposed to bring a hotel, condominiums, shops, and restaurants to a full block across from Crypto.com Arena. Instead, construction stopped, bills went unpaid, and the empty towers became covered in graffiti before a proposed $470 million sale brought the project back into the news.
Three Brentwood apartment sales totaled nearly $96 million even though borrowing remained expensive. The prices caught my attention because they show what buyers were willing to pay for a small number of apartments in a neighborhood where developable land and available buildings are both limited.
One family owned Crown Valley Center from its construction in 1969 until the recent $20.5 million sale. I looked at what made a 57-year hold possible and why an institutional buyer wanted a grocery-anchored center that may still have below-market leases.
Pasadena apartment buildings and offices sit in the same city, yet their vacancy rates tell very different stories. Households still need a place to live near jobs, schools, family, and transit, while an office tenant can shrink, work remotely, or postpone a move.
Some Downtown Los Angeles offices are selling for a fraction of their former values and far less than it would cost to build them today. The discount is tempting, although it may be paying a buyer to accept empty floors, expensive renovations, limited financing, and a difficult block.
