New Development in Boyle Heights: Sears Mail Order District

The Sears Mail Order District is a major new development in Downtown Los Angeles by the Shomof Group. Encompassing the historic Sears distribution facility and the surrounding 25 acres, The Mail Order District (MOD) is a visionary project that reactivates this architectural icon. Flux Branding was selected to develop an authentic brand that integrates the […]

Massive Metropolis Complex Opens in DTLA

The first condominium tower in Metropolis, one of the biggest real estate developments in Los Angeles history, officially opens Thursday amid a wave of construction that is crowding the downtown skyline with new tall buildings. The long-anticipated $1-billion luxury condo-and-hotel complex rising along the Harbor Freeway is one of a handful of mega projects being […]

DTLA Site Sells For $795 Per Sq.Ft.

A foreign investor paid $26.5 mil for a multifamily development site in downtown Los Angeles. The property is entitled for a 24-story, 241-unit condo project that includes retail. The site sold for $795 per square foot. The site is located at 1135 W. 7th St. and is directly adjacent to the planned new Mayfair Hotel, […]

New Renderings Released for Fashion District’s Massive City Market Project

New renderings of the major mixed-use development City Market, planned for the Fashion District, was released this week at the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council’s Planning and Land Use Committee meeting. The massive project is expected to span across nearly 10 acres and would transform Downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion District. Plans call for the project […]

Retail Asking Rates Continue to Increase

In the first quarter of 2017, the Los Angeles retail market vacancy rate ticked up 30 basis points to 4.1% as 532,000 sq.ft. were delivered to the market, according to the latest research from NAI Capital. This new space includes the largest IKEA in the United States, at 470,000 sq.ft. in the city of Burbank. […]

Foreign Currency Comes to Los Angeles

Major Properties is a boutique brokerage firm with 15 agents. In spite of being small, we not only get our fair share of deals, but we also have a pulse on the Southern California real estate market. I’m sure that gives us an edge over our competition. Major Properties has approximately $200 million in deals […]

Off Market Opportunities

Mark your calendar and remember these predictions for 2017. Los Angeles industrial real estate will reach and top $400 per square foot. The confluence of cheap loans, massive demand, alternative uses, low vacancy and foreign money creates the perfect storm for an increase in values.  Many off market opportunities exist and there are many well […]