Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing proudly presents our first issue of Los Angeles & Orange Counties Commercial Real Estate: Trends, Updates and Visionaries, a new magazine and digitally focused product that spotlights professionals within the commercial real estate sector and covers trends, profiles and overall business updates.

This latest reading indicates that respondents expect conditions for commercial real estate to improve over the next 12 months. Respondents now expect improvement in occupancy rates, rents, the availability of equity and debt, and employment within their own firms.

New development of commercial real estate and of the ongoing operations of existing commercial real estate buildings in the United States – office, industrial, warehouse and retail – supported eight million American jobs, contributed $1.01 trillion to the U.

The construction industry’s complexity and its fragmentation among many small firms specializing in different elements of construction have slowed the adoption of new technologies, according to the report, “An Overview of Emerging Construction Technologies.

At the end of last year, BOMA International, Yardi and Brightline Strategies announced the release of key findings from the first in a series of nationwide commercial real estate COVID-19 impact studies.

“The whole team at the Port has done a wonderful job on the Wilmington Waterfront project, made themselves available to the community throughout the planning process and really listened to suggestions and ideas,” said Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner Lucia Moreno-Linares.

Workplace data from the Gensler Research Institute, compiled in late 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, offered a reckoning on the way offices and workplaces are viewed and disproved common narratives surrounding the open office debate.

An Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey, unveiled earlier this year, showed that the pandemic-related economic recession is having a mixed effect on California commercial real estate sectors, as this downturn is not due to slackening in housing markets or a stock market crash.

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has released the latest update to its floor measurement standard for retail properties, BOMA 2020 for Retail Properties: Standard Method of Measurement (ANSI/BOMA Z65.5—2020).

Brent Bunting leads the Commercial and Hospitality Core Market groups in Southern California for DPR Construction, one of the country’s top technical builders.

Steve "Bogie" Bogoyevac, a senior managing director investments of Marcus & Millichap and founder of The Bogie Group, is a veteran apartment and 1031 exchange specialist of the South Bay, Los Angeles, and surrounding areas.

Over his 37-year career, R. Todd Doney, vice chairman at CBRE in Los Angeles, has completed commercial real estate transactions encompassingmore than 100 million square feet of office space. Doney is one of the preeminent brokers in the Greater Los Angeles area.

With a prolific track record spanning nearly 30 years in commercial real estate brokerage, senior vice president of Kennedy Wilson Brokerage Christine Deschaine has distinguished herself as a leader who is passionate about enhancing communities and creating value in downtown urban areas of L.

Allan Freedman is managing director specializing in multifamily finance in Berkadia’s Los Angeles office. He has consistently been among the top originators for Berkadia, having closed approximately $5 billion in financing.

Joseph Faulkner serves as co-chief executive officer and manages NAI Capital’s Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena offices. Faulkner has more than 30 years of expertise in providing tenant representation and corporate advisory services.

Josh Gorin is an accomplished corporate advisor with over 30million square feet of total deal volume during his career. His approach to strategic real estate planning is comprehensive, holistic, and stems from his experience working in the investment industry and earning his law degree with a focus on real estate and litigation.

Jennifer Halstead has nearly 30 years of commercial construction experience and has completed over $2 billion of projects in domestic and international markets. Her construction career spans operations positions from field engineer to president.

Daniel S. Hoogesteger is the managing director of SIG’s West Coast headquarters in Santa Monica. Prior to being a founding member of SIG, Hoogesteger began his career in 2002 at Faris Lee Investments and has a tenured resume at firms including Marcus & Millichap & CB Richard Ellis.

Heidi Hendy is managing principal at H. Hendy Associates (Hendy), a national interior architecture and planning firm commemorating 40+ years in business.

Jonathan Larsen is a member of the global leadership team and serves on the U.S. Executive Committee of Avison Young. He leads the growth and expansion of corporate and institutional real estate services for Avison Young in strategic markets in North America and internationally as a principal and managing director.

Senior Vice President Boston Properties Commercial Developers.

Henry Manoucheri is founder and CEO of Universe Holdings, a privately held multifamily investment, ownership and management firm focused on value-add and off-market transactions. Founded by Manoucheri in 1994, within the first year, the company’s assets under management grew from three times, from 400 to 1,200 units.

Greg Lyon is chairman and principal for Nadel Architecture + Planning. With over two decades of industry experience, Lyon currently represents the firm in the retail market sector; strategically driving business growth, as well as creating a strong market presence and brand equity for Nadel.

Todd Nathanson is founder and president of illi Commercial Real Estate, a commercial brokerage, property management, and investment advisory service firm specializing in retail real estate and headquartered in Encino.

Matthew Mousavi is managing principal and co-founder of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group, the exclusive net lease investment advisory platform operating across 25 offices nationally. SRS Real Estate Partners is the largest retail estate firm in North America exclusively dedicated to retail services.

As president of the West Region, Tony Rango is responsible for leading Suffolk operations in its existing markets of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego and expanding the company’s presence throughout the state of California.

Joseph O. Oltmans II, Oltmans Construction Co.’s third-generation leader and chairman emeritus, recently redirected his focus to retirement after 26 years in executive leadership and over 55 years at the company.

Shane Shafer, managing director – investment sales in NorthMarq’s greater Los Angeles offices, is a top multifamily investment sales broker, with more than 20 years of experience and $5 billion in sales. He joined North-Marq in 2019 after ten years with Berkadia, where he was consistently one of the firm’s top brokers.

Patricia Rhee is a partner at the internationally acclaimed architecture firm Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects. Her work crosses multiple market sectors and ranges from creative office to adaptive reuse and institutional projects.

R.J. Sommerdyke joined Meridian in 2016 as a senior associate to augment the firm’s emerging Southern California expansion. Sommerdyke was quickly promoted to acquisition manager and has played a pivotal role in Meridian’s growth.

Michael Haim Sharon has been specializing in commercial investment sales and leasing of retail and office properties for since 2005. Prior to joining illi Commercial Real Estate from NAI Capital, Sharon led a successful career in commercial mortgage lending and now provides a unique insight to his clients about financing.

Luke Staubitz is an executive vice president at Kidder Matthews and has over 25 years of commercial real estate experience. Since 1990, he has teamed with Harvey Beesen and Andrew Dilfer with a focus on the South Bay/LAX industrial real estate markets.

As the senior vice president of operations for McCarthy Building Companies’ SouthernCalifornia Region, Dan Stafford brings 32 years of experience in the California construction marketplace to his role.

Jacky Dilfer is the executive director of Business Finance Capital and has held the position since April of 2012 with the goals of overseeing the CDC’s governance and operations, re-establishing its position in the marketplace, and enhancing its economic development and job creation strategies.

Patrick Winters serves as Nadel’s owner, principal and president and sits on the Board of Directors for the firm.

Since January 2020, Brian Eisner has directly originated over $214 million in commercial real estate loans for mixed use, industrial, manufactured housing, multifamily, office, and retail properties, as well as multi-property portfolios.

Jeff Friedman is principal and co-founder of Los Angeles-based real estate debt fund manager and portfolio lender Mesa West Capital, one of the first private equity firms to focus on the origination of commercial real estate debt. Today Mesa West Capital remains one of the industry’s leading institutional debt fund managers.

Carly Whitney has developed a significant amount of experience and expertise in delivering SBA 504 loans to a variety of business types throughout Southern California.

Ryan Reed is a highly accomplished financial services professional focused on helping his commercial real estate clients grow and succeed.

Robin Finch is a partner in the Real Estate Group at Greenberg Glusker. She has broad experience advising owners, developers, tenants, and borrowers in all areas of real estate, including purchase and sale transactions, leasing agreements, borrower-side financing, entity structuring, and succession-planning asset management.

Giovanni (Gio)Cordoves is the Western regional president of KBS Realty Advisors and its affiliate KBS Capital Advisors. As a member of senior leadership, he serves in a variety of capacities companywide.

Damon M. Juha specializes in transactional real estate matters domestically and abroad, with an emphasis on assisting clients in buying, selling, developing, financing and leasing all types of real property (industrial, retail, office, multi-unit housing, hotel and residential).

Anna Greenstin Kudla is a trial and litigation attorney based in Orange County. After obtaining her law degree from Southwestern University in 2003, she started at a construction defect law firmwhich provided her with initial skills to transition into real estate law.

Brian Kang, chair of Greenberg Glusker’s Real Estate Group, has experience in a broad range of real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of commercial, retail, multifamily and industrial properties.

For nearly 25 years Robert Keane has represented many prominent private equity and real estate opportunity funds in L.A., as well as national and international pension funds and commercial banks, in real estate equity investments, joint venture formations, lending, acquisitions and dispositions, debt restructurings, and workouts and reorganizations.

Larry Kosmont is a pioneer in the field of public private real estate. Born in New York City, he took his desire to improve communities and the quality of life for residents and began his career in the public sector.

Claudia Lin, senior vice president of HUB International, is dedicated to helping businesses and entrepreneurs from Asia – and especially the Greater China region (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) – to establish a presence and succeed in the U.S. She also serves outbound U.

Rich Mendelson has over 40 years of experience as a deal lawyer with long-standing client partnerships who adds significant value in complex commercial real estate transactions. He has particular knowledge in the areas of acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing transactions, as well as in workouts and restructurings.

Taylor Mammen is Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), which advises institutional investors on all aspects of their complex real estate investment portfolios, from strategy development to underwriting and asset management.

She has closed more than $2 billion in real estate equity, beneficial interests, LLC/LP interests, land development, and oil and gas transactions, including the country’s first tenant in common acquisition. Muro has a broad knowledge of regulatory bodies, including NASD, FINRA, and the SEC.

Partner Seyfarth Shaw LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Managing Partner Anglin Flewelling & Rasmussen LLP Professional Services Advisors.

Partner Russ August & Kabat Professional Services Advisors.

Chief Executive Officer Versity Investments, LLC Professional Services Advisors.

He represents borrowers and lenders in all types of real estate finance transactions, including single and multi-tranche mortgage, mezzanine and construction loans in the balance sheet, syndicated or securitization markets.

Principal/Managing Director George Smith Partners Professional Services Advisors.

He currently focuses on work in RCLCO’s Urban Real Estate and Community and Resort Advisory Groups..