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Demand drivers and underwriting considerations For years, industrial development in California was largely a story about scale. Bigger buildings, higher clear heights, larger truck courts and enormous distribution footprints dominated...
For decades, developers approached unit planning with a relatively straightforward objective: design for a specific use, optimize for that use, and execute accordingly. Multifamily was multifamily. Office was office. Hospitality...
There is a quiet shift happening across multifamily and mixed use development in California, and it has very little to do with rent growth or cap rates. It is happening...
In California development, parking is often treated as a simple line item. A required number of stalls multiplied by a rough cost per space. On paper it appears straightforward. In...
For years, multifamily development in California has been driven by one dominant metric: density. More units per acre. More efficiency per square foot. More yield per project. In a state...
California developers have learned to plan for entitlement risk, environmental review complexity, and municipal backlog. What continues to surprise even experienced operators, however, is how much time is lost not...
For commercial real estate developers across California, few processes feel as unpredictable or time-consuming as navigating CEQA. On paper, the California Environmental Quality Act presents itself as a uniform statewide...
In California’s commercial real estate market, the most competitive deals rarely feel competitive at all. They are not blasted across email lists. They are not debated on investor calls. They...
In California development, it is easy to think of value only in terms of what can be touched. Square footage. Concrete. Steel. Finished units. Yet some of the most valuable...
For many commercial real estate developers in California, the hunt for opportunity has become increasingly concentrated. The same coastal metros get the bulk of the attention, the same bidding wars...