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The largest landlord group in Southern California is fighting to end a rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions.

Landlords File Injunction to Halt LA’s Eviction Ban, Rent Freeze [Updated]

By Greg Cornfield

A framing art gallery is closed in Venice Beach in Los Angeles during the pandemic.

Calif.’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 11.4 Percent; LA Improved to 16.6 percent

By Greg Cornfield

Crenshaw Imperial Plaza

Retail Q&A with Sandy Sigal: Expect More Permanent Closures

By Greg Cornfield

Barbers from King's Cutz in L.A. give haircuts beneath an awning outside. This week, barbershops and hair salons in L.A. can move operations indoors at 25-percent capacity, but they are encouraged to operate outdoors as much as possible to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Hair Salons, Barbershops Re-Reopen in LA

By Greg Cornfield

Rent strike and eviction protest in Los Angeles.

Coronavirus · Politics & Real Estate

California Extends Eviction Protections Into 2021

By Greg Cornfield

Hollywood in Los Angeles

LA Set for ‘Stringent and Slow’ Return Under Newsom’s Revamped Reopening Plan

By Greg Cornfield

From left, supervisors Janice Hahn, Kathryn Barger, Sheila Kuehl, Hilda L. Solis, and Mark Ridley-Thomas.

L.A. County Opens $100M Rent Relief Program for Pandemic-Affected Renters

By Greg Cornfield

The Judicial Council of California originally approved the temporary rules staying eviction proceedings in April.

Coronavirus · Politics & Real Estate

California Courts to Allow Eviction Proceedings in September

By Greg Cornfield

HelloOffice Launches Silicon Valley Post

By Greg Cornfield

United American Indian Involvement signed a seven-year lease to move to 1441-1449 West Temple Street, about two blocks from Echo Park Lake.

Leases · Office

Nonprofit Signs 31K-SF Lease in LA

By Greg Cornfield

Although L.A. has seen notoriously high construction costs for years, some active developers expect that land, building materials, and labor costs will come down amid the pandemic.

Coronavirus · Development

LA Development Permitting Drops 45 Percent Since April

By Greg Cornfield

Retail trade regained 7,900 jobs or 6 percent over the prior month, but it’s still down 17,400 jobs during the pandemic.

LA Regained 50k Jobs Last Month, But Still Down 201k Since Coronavirus Outbreak

By Greg Cornfield

The work-from-home phenomenon has introduced new levels of uncertainty for how the experience of working from home will affect the office market, which has already seen discouraging returns since the outbreak.

Calif. Commercial Real Estate Will See Pandemic-Driven Impacts Through 2023: Survey

By Greg Cornfield

Office sales volume is on pace to be lower than the 2009 recession, especially if shutdowns continue.

Sales · Coronavirus

LA Saw 10-Year Low for Office Sales; Sublease Space Jumped a Record-High 22 percent

By Greg Cornfield

Los Angeles-based BH Properties is betting on a “dramatic and troubling increase” in defaults, foreclosures, receiverships and bankruptcy filings across the country.

BH Properties Launches $200M Fund to Acquire Troubled Assets

By Greg Cornfield

The Class A office building is just off the 101 Freeway near Lindero Canyon Road.

Leases · Office

B. Riley Financial Moves to BentallGreenOak’s LA Office with 10-Year Lease

By Greg Cornfield

A sky shot of a city dense with buildings.

Leases · Coronavirus

Leases are Getting Shorter and Rents are Dropping with U.S. Office Market in Turmoil

By Greg Cornfield

Gov. Newsom referred to the reopening process as a “dimmer switch,” not an “on-and-off switch.”

Surging Coronavirus Cases Leads Calif. to Re-Shutter

By Greg Cornfield