News and Insights
Private Capital Gains Momentum In Distressed LA Office Market
Private capital investors are capitalizing on Los Angeles office distress, where 47% of stock is economically unviable and prices have dropped 20-40%, while institutional investors remain sidelined.
Q&A with Sonnet Hui, Vice President and Managing Director of PMA’s Los Angeles Office
Sonnet Hui discusses how strategic project management and trauma-informed design transformed Weingart Towers, demonstrating coordinated approaches to addressing homelessness and behavioral health challenges
L.A. Office Market Shifts Create More Opportunities for a Certain Investor
Los Angeles office distress creates opportunities for private capital as property values drop 20-40% and 47% of inventory becomes unviable, with $1.8 billion in first-half sales signaling increased activity
Life Sciences Real Estate Players Warn Digging Out From Slump Could Take Years
The life sciences real estate market remains frozen with 30% lab vacancy rates, leasing activity at 2017 levels, and experts warning recovery may not occur until 2028.
Upward Mobility: Market Forces Drive Hospitals Higher
Urban healthcare facilities are embracing vertical hospital design driven by land scarcity, co-located research needs, enhanced security, and post-pandemic lessons about scalable air-handling and emergency preparedness systems
Healthcare’s Energy Crisis
Healthcare facilities face energy infrastructure challenges on stressed electrical grids, but clean energy solutions like microgrids and battery storage are proving cost-effective for operational resilience during outages
How to Turn Hotel Spaces into Multipurpose Venues
Turning hotel spaces into multipurpose venues requires flexible infrastructure, modular furniture, and adaptive systems to transform lobbies into co-working spaces, pool decks into entertainment areas, and meeting rooms into yoga studios
Developers Making Headway After CEQA Reform, But Economics Stand In Their Way
Long-awaited changes to the California Environmental Quality Act have resulted in some progress for developments under review. But two months after the rule changes, developers in Southern California say there are still plenty of hurdles to project completion.
Cal Poly Transforms Student Housing with Modular Construction
Cal Poly is pioneering modular student housing construction to address critical shortages, marking the CSU system's first modular housing initiative.
Student Housing August Checklist
PMA’s resident student housing expert Brad Moeller has developed a comprehensive checklist to help developers seamlessly deliver their finished work.
New Law Will Spur Texas Housing Development
A new law allowing by right multifamily housing development is being put forward as a fix for Texas' housing supply.
How Process Drives Predictability in Multifamily Development
When it comes to multifamily development, the predictability that a project will deliver its anticipated Return on Investment (ROI) is key to success. A project can be threatened in two...
