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Recreation

Culver City Surge

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY

Culver City got projects moving in part by focusing on its transportation advantages such as a Metro line stop.

Room for Parking Takes Lots of Focus in Projects

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY

Parking space remains a driving issue for developers.

Investment Activity Highlights Period, Leasing Remains Tentative

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY: L.A. County

Leasing activity remained generally lackluster across Los Angeles County in the third quarter as the countywide vacancy rate saw the slightest of dips and net absorption inched toward positive.

Buyers Find Downtown Attractive Even as High Vacancies Persist

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY: Downtown L.A.

The downtown L.A. vacancy rate inched modestly higher in the third quarter, reaching 18.4 percent, while at the same time asking rents rebounded to $3.22 a foot, according to research compiled by Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

Rents Rise in Hollywood as ‘Good Stuff’ Attracts Premium Prices

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY: Hollywood

Office vacancies in Hollywood climbed slightly, up to 15.4 percent in the third quarter from 14.2 percent the prior period, and a full 5 points higher than the same period a year earlier. More than 25,000 square feet came back onto the 2.3 million-square-foot market in the quarter, according to data from Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

Santa Monica Continues to Command Top Dollar in Sales, Leases

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY: Westside

One of the Westside’s trophy properties hogged the spotlight in the third quarter. The 97 percent-leased Lantana Entertainment Media Campus, at Olympic and Exposition boulevards in Santa Monica, traded for a whopping $328.4 million in July.

Vacancies Dip, Absorption Rises As Departure of Farmers Looms

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY: Wilshire Corridor

Miracle Mile usually leads the news out of Wilshire Corridor, which stretches from Beverly Hills to downtown Los Angeles, but it was the less swanky Park Mile and Wilshire Center to the east that made headlines in the third quarter.

Industrial Market Tightens Further, Driving Asking Rents Higher

REAL ESTATE QUARTERLY: San Gabriel Valley

The vacancy rate dropped by 8 basis points in the San Gabriel Valley industrial market in the third quarter, driving average asking rents up from 42 cents to 45 cents.