BKM Capital, Kayne Anderson Buy SoCal Industrial Buildings

BKM Capital, Kayne Anderson Buy SoCal Industrial Buildings

BKM Capital Partners and Kayne Anderson Real Estate added over 3 million square feet of light industrial real estate in Southern California to their joint venture’s growing collection.  The firms, which entered... Read more »
Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles

Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles

As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los... Read more »
Four-story buildings allowed in some single-family zones under L.A.’s plan to delay SB 79

Four-story buildings allowed in some single-family zones under L.A.’s plan to delay SB 79

Since Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 79 into law last year, L.A. officials have been developing a strategy to stop its upzoning effects: Delay. The historic bill, which overrides local zoning laws... Read more »
Massachusetts studies single-stair low-rise buildings to add supply

Massachusetts studies single-stair low-rise buildings to add supply

America’s quilt work of states whose governors and lawmakers are bucking for housing policy change to break through supply constraints at the root of the nation’s affordability crisis now counts Massachusetts among... Read more »
Thousands of apartments set to take over empty office buildings with new L.A. ordinance

Thousands of apartments set to take over empty office buildings with new L.A. ordinance

Los Angeles officials just made it easier to convert empty commercial buildings to housing, opening the door to the creation of thousands of apartments across a city clamoring for housing. Developer Garrett... Read more »
Washington seeks to reset ground-floor retail rules for residential buildings

Washington seeks to reset ground-floor retail rules for residential buildings

A fight over ground-floor retail mandates could become one of the most consequential zoning debates of 2026, with Washington state lawmakers moving to curb mandatory storefronts in new residential buildings. A bill... Read more »
Neil Shekhter Loses More Santa Monica Apartment Buildings

Neil Shekhter Loses More Santa Monica Apartment Buildings

Neil Shekhter has lost three more apartment properties, this time to foreclosure.  Bank of Southern California foreclosed on 1007 Lincoln Boulevard, 1038 10th Street and 1516 Stanford Street, according to a trustee’s... Read more »
We're going to see more office buildings converted to residential or demolished: JLL's Bob Knakal

We're going to see more office buildings converted to residential or demolished: JLL's Bob Knakal

Hosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC.... Read more »
Thorofare Capital Lists DTLA Buildings in Foreclosure Sale

Thorofare Capital Lists DTLA Buildings in Foreclosure Sale

Thorofare Capital has launched a foreclosure sale for two historic office buildings in Downtown Los Angeles after Livwrk defaulted on a $17.5 million loan. The El Segundo-based lender has listed for sale... Read more »