Job Posting – Associate Position – Real Estate Development / Planning / Project Management
Urban One is currently seeking to fill an Associate position. Applicants should view the following job posting for more information: 2013 Urban One Associate Job...
Read MoreWhy the Historic Core should have won the Curbed Cup
For those who do not read the popular real estate blog, Curbed LA, you should. For those of us in the industry, and even those who are just interested, it is the go-to blog for the latest real estate information and gossip. For several years now, Curbed LA has been holding an annual competition called the Curbed Cup, which allows the readers to vote on the hottest neighborhood for that particular year. Think the NCAA March Madness bracket, but instead of college basketball teams, worthy neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles are seeded in a head-to-head, winner takes all...
Read MoreArchitecture Firm Billings at Two-Year High
According to AIA.org, “the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is a diffusion index derived from the monthly Work-on-the-Boards survey, conducted by the AIA Economics & Market Research Group. The ABI serves as a leading economic indicator that leads nonresidential construction activity by approximately 9-12 months. The indexes are developed from the monthly Work-on-the-Boards survey panel where participants are asked whether their billings increased, decreased, or stayed the same in the month that just ended. According to the proportion of respondents choosing each option, a score is...
Read MoreRepositioning Distressed Retail Assets
Randyl Drummer from CoStar recently posted a story on their website of the need and recent trend for repositioning distressed assets such as malls and other under-performing retail centers in order to transform them into income-producing properties through alternative uses. This story really hit home with Urban One as we have been consulting in the retail sector for the past several years now. For retail properties that have gone dark or are far from meeting original expectations, a major redevelopment, downsizing, changing the tenant mix, or resetting debt (refinancing) are some of...
Read MoreTop Housing and Hotel Developments to Watch For Right Now in LA
Some of you avid Urban One fans out there may have read our previous blog posts back at the end of May regarding the resurgence of the multifamily and retail real estate markets. If you’re like me, you have been driving up and down the streets of Los Angeles seeing construction fencing, flagmen, tower cranes and pile driving rigs sprouting up on what seems like every couple blocks. Of course, this is an exaggeration, but the truth is, many projects have broken ground in the past six months. Curbed LA just put out a great map of multifamily, mixed-use, and hotel developments to...
Read MoreInternship Position – Real Estate Development / Planning / Project Management
Urban One is currently seeking to fill an internship position. Applicants should view the following job posting for more information: 2012 Urban One Intern Job Posting
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