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It was another year of robust growth for commercial real estate brokerage firms. Increases in investment sales and leasing activity enabled many of the firms on our list to grow their transaction volumes by 15 percent or more, with some firms experiencing particularly robust growth rates. The top dog on our list remains CBRE Group Inc. […]

LOS ANGELES—Many cities across the country are seeing an influx of retail real estate activity in their downtown cores, and Los Angeles is no different. As many industry observers know, retail follows rooftops, and with an influx of new residents moving to Downtown Los Angeles, major national chains are taking note. “It’s becoming a little bit of

IRVINE, CA-With minimal new construction and increasing tenant demand, Hanley Investment Group’s president Edward Hanley expects to see retail vacancies tighten significantly this year. The firm concluded December 2013 with the sale of 10 retail properties for a total consideration of more than $315 million. One of the firm’s most recent sales was the Shops @ the Mercury, located at 3800 Wilshire Blvd. in Los

The team at Irvine-based Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisers ranked 60 in funds raised out of more than 28,000 teams across the country participating in this year’s Movember, a month-long drive starting Nov. 1 meant to raise funds for men’s cancer research. The firm’s mustachioed men and their women coworkers raised about $21,000, beating

The observation has probably been made hundreds of times during four years of a slow and uneven economic recovery: There’s a lot of money sitting on the sidelines. Almost $70 million of that investor money came back into the game within the last two months or so when investors purchased retail properties in Inland Southern

IRVINE, CA-Now that the housing recovery is well on its way, the commercial real estate industry is eyeing new sectors that will drive Orange County’s economy.  According to speakers at RealShare Orange County here yesterday, in addition to the continuing strength of the multifamily market, those driving sectors are retail and office—particularly build-to-suit office. Calling retail “the caboose on the recovery end,” Chris Hite, president and founding

Mustaches for Movember Foundation Irvine-based Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors raised $13,000 for prostate cancer awareness by growing mustaches for sponsorships. Proceeds go to the Movember Foundation and its partners, the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Livestrong Foundation. The Movember Foundation is an international organization with U.S. headquarters in Venice.

The recession might be over, but the caution it inspired in CRE investors is still around. (There are even some lenders who still check their closets for ghosts.) Hanley Investment Group prez Ed Hanley tells us that retail investors in SoCal these days are still looking for the safe bets. In other words, they’re looking

Just 6 percent of Orange County’s retail space was empty in the fourth quarter – almost half the national vacancy rate of 11 percent, says commercial real estate trackers at Reis Inc. Orange County’s retail vacancy rate was down from 6.4 percent in the third quarter and 6.6 percent at the end of 2010. Orange