Specializing in urban investment & leasing in the Greater Los Angeles area.
The Urban Group of CBRE
The Power of Experience
Downtown Los Angeles Foresight, Influence & Expertise
The Urban Group of CBRE is one of the most successful investment sales teams in Southern California. Focusing mainly in the Los Angeles region, the Urban Group, with over 110 years of collective real estate experience, has sold or leased over $4.7 billion, and 19 million square feet of commercial real estate; mainly in office sales/leasing, adaptive reuse projects and in mixed use land developments. During that time, we have developed a nuanced understanding of LA’s market trends, regulatory environment, tenants and landlords. This highly specialized skill set includes:
- Certified insight into existing supply potential
- A demonstrated talent for selling the market’s upside
- Political leverage and community influence
- Knowledge of global Capital drivers & requirements
From pioneering the development of downtown’s first major supermarket to selling the most valuable piece of development land in South Park, we have played an instrumental role in the renaissance of Downtown LA.
As a team comprised of top-producing brokers, banking board members, private capital experts and an MAI appraiser, CBRE’s Urban Group applies a comprehensive gamut of intelligence for competitive value-creation in Los Angeles. We transform existing supply to capture competitive demand in the following areas:
Investment
- Representation of private capital and institutional funds
- Local and national disposition assignments
- Debt and equity financing
Historic Property Sales
- Building conversion and repositioning
- Mills act tax assessment reductions
- Historic renovation tax credits
Leasing
- Strategic planning and vision
- Agency representation for creative office
- Marketing to target rich tenant / broker pool
High-Density Urban Land Sales
- Development site analysis
- Zoning, density and entitlement
- Transfer of Floor Area Ration (TFAR)
- Market research and demographic analysis
