
Industrial Insights – February 2020 – LA/OC
Support I had to pause work yesterday to tell my kids, "Hey Guys, stuffed animals do not belong in the refrigerator!" My wife and I are both working remotely and finally finding a groove where we...

Industrial Insights – January 2020 – LA/OC
Happy New Year. There are quite a few new developments in the market of note. Let me know how I can help. OC / LA Industrial Market Update In Orange County, competition is high among companies in...

Industrial Insights – December 2019 – LA/OC/IE
Happy Holidays. Closing out another year. This year I focused on how to improve my capabilities to better serve you and how to open my eyes to collaboration opportunities with vendors so that we can...

Industrial Insights – November 2019 – LA/OC/IE
Here is a snapshot I put together this week that details out each of the main markets in my territories of expertise and hyperlinked market reports for those markets. Feel free to reach out with...

Industrial Insights – October 2019 – LA/OC/IE
Happy days as kids get back in school, the temperatures decrease and everybody is focused and making progress. Q3 Trends Industrial Sale Comps - Lee & Associates is the top Sales company overall...

Industrial Insights – August 2019– LA/OC/IE
It is time to update as we wrap up summer In Orange County the pace of play for companies and big announcements waivers a bit this quarter as recession talks intensify. Market Reports Second quarter...

Industrial Insights – July 2019 – LA/OC/IE
It is time to update as we kick off summer. In Orange County the pace of play for companies and big announcements continues to new levels. City of Hope The biggest announcement this quarter is that...

Industrial Insights – May 2019 – LA/OC/IE
Leasing Office Leasing - Los Angeles comes in fourth for the highest office rents in the nation behind San Francisco, San Jose and New York, averaging $3.31 PSF. Orange County however is still...

Industrial Insights – April 2019 – OC
Market Reports Are Out In the Orange County office market, healthy demand continues to match the increase in supply. We have 14 new buildings totally 2.7 million SF of Class A inventory. Modest...

Industrial Insights: Office – Q4 2018 – OC
Landlords Ease Rent Demands And Flight To Quality Ensues Reacting to falling leasing activity and weakened demand, landlords of premium buildings eased their rent requirements in 2018 and leased up...

Industrial Insights – Q4 2018 – OC
Activity Slows As Users Make Do In Tight Market Demand for most Orange County industrial space was healthy in 2018, and vacancy rates ended another year in record low territory. But rent growth...

Industrial Insights – Q2 2018 – LA/OC/IE
Industrial National Overview Healthy Demand Spurs Construction The nationwide vacancy rate for warehouse space, which accounts for about 90% of all industrial buildings, settled at 4.5% in Q2, down...

Industrial Insights – January 2018 – LA/OC/IE
Lots to see as we adjust to new market realities. CoStar Office Market Orange County Market Report Year End 2017 CoStar Industrial Market Orange County Market Report Year End 2017 How will interest...

Industrial Insights: Office – Q2 2017 – OC
Office Demand & Rent Growth Slows. Investors Unfazed. After opening 2017 with healthy absorption, the office market leveled off in the 2nd Quarter as demand for space struggled to keep up with...

Industrial Insights – Q2 2017 – OC
Short Supply Sends Lease Rates & Prices Soaring Strong demand and the record-low supply of available industrial space are combining to drive up lease rates at a torrid pace with second-quarter...

Industrial Insights: Lee National Industrial Brief – Q2 2017
Net Absorption Steady - Rents Up - Vacancy Declines Despite robust levels of new construction, the supply of quality industrial space continues to thin in markets large and small across the country....

Industrial Insights: Lee National Office Brief – Q2 2017
Office Market Treads Water in Q2 Last quarter we reported that the US office market was showing signs of fatigue, and from a macro perspective, things didn’t change much in Q2. Vacancy was unchanged...

Industrial Insights: Lee National Office Brief – Q1 2017
A LOOK AHEAD The US office market showed signs of fatigue in the first quarter of 2017. Vacancy was unchanged, rent growth slowed, deliveries were flat and net absorption, while still positive,...

Industrial Insights: Lee National Industrial Brief – Q1 2017
LOOKING AHEAD High demand, low supply, rising prices and declining vacancy will continue to drive market dynamics. However, economic growth is still stubbornly sluggish and there is a fair amount of...

Industrial Insights: Office – Q1 2017 – OC
Rent Growth Slows, Vacancy Hovers Near 10 Percent Demand returned to the overall Orange County office market in the first quarter and rents continued their slow ascent. Countywide, the Q1 vacancy...

Industrial Insights – Q1 2017 – OC
Demand Slows In Q1 But Rents Still Are Soaring Net absorption stumbled in the first quarter, posting its biggest three-month loss in seven years. But vacancy rates remained in record-low territory...

Industrial Insights – 2014 – California
The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation has an Institute for Applied Economics that provides research for the manufacturing industry. The research report is fundamental when working...