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Here’s a Surprising Shift in Remote Work’s Appeal
Sonnet Hui, vice president and Los Angeles general manager, Project Management Advisors Inc., told CPE that food options are the top draw in her office.
The Hospital of the Future: How Healthcare is Adapting Smart Building Tech from the Office and Multifamily Sectors
Healthcare stakeholders are taking notice of technologies that can transform how hospitals and other medical buildings operate. Here’s how they can improve services for both patients and staff.
How Retail and Multifamily Work Together
“We developed a high-rise apartment community in L.A. where a restaurateur put three very recognizable brands on the ground floor, sharing infrastructure and restrooms,” said Project Management Advisors national residential sector lead and executive vice president Omar Rihani.
Class Project: C.W. Driver Aims to Build Better Schools
“Campuses in the past wanted to be integrated with the fabric of the city or the community that they live in,” Sonnet Hui, general manager and vice president at Project Management Advisors Inc., said.
How Older Adults Living Longer Is Changing Senior Housing Development
As baby boomers, a massive generation of more active and independent seniors, reach retirement age, the health care and multifamily sectors are beginning to shift the ways in which they design, build, and renovate senior housing to accommodate a healthier and more physically active tenant base.
Humana Clinics Are Moving Into Walmart’s Health Centers. It’s Just What the Doctor Ordered
"Healthcare companies need places with ample parking and accessibility, as well as ample space for consulting rooms, laboratories, and medical equipment", Gerard told Barron’s.
How to combat challenging construction costs
There's a lot of pressure on development as a whole, said Mark Knott, vice president at real estate consulting firm Project Management Advisors. “The cost of debt to develop any project type is increased,” he said. “Post-pandemic, [it] has leveled off, but it hasn’t come down."
Can Los Angeles Handle Thousands of Visitors for the 2028 Olympics?
“This is the impetus [for making changes],” said Sonnet Hui, vice president and general manager for the L.A. region for Project Management Advisors. “Now everyone has a reason to deal with a lot of the issues that we haven’t dealt with or haven’t had to deal with.”
Tackling California’s Seismic Retrofit Mandates
Commercial building owners in California face many challenges in today’s volatile market, including looming deadlines to comply with city ordinances mandating seismic retrofits of specific building types.
America’s Smallest Apartments Are Getting Even Smaller
“The kitchen is probably your greatest variable,” said Omar Rihani , executive vice president atreal-estate development consulting fi rm Project Management Advisors. With smaller kitchens and living areas, many developers are counting on tenants spendingmore time at ground-fl oor businesses to eat and hang out.
Special Report: Owners Weigh Master Leases
“With a master lease, you already have a property, and once you take over the lease, you can start to get people off the street,” Sonnet Hui, general manager and vice president at Project Management Advisors Inc., said.
Downtown L.A.’s Oceanwide Plaza Project Could Get a Second Shot at Life
Retail was in demand from the growing residential population, and the signagepermit gave the building an additional source of revenue. Add in the EB5mechanism to sell units to Chinese and overseas buyers seeking citizenship, andit all added up, said Sonnet Hui, L.A.-based general manager and vice presidentof Project Management Advisors.
