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New Soccer Team Scores 25K SF in Historic DTLA Building

The Los Angeles Football Club signed a 25,000 square-foot lease at 818 W. 7th Street in DTLA. The historic 12-story building was constructed in 1924, and renovated in 2016 and 2018. It features many of the original historic elements such as exposed brick, concrete floors, ceilings and columns.

Downtown Properties’ Goodwin Gaw says, “It is a real honor that Los Angeles’ newest sports team, LAFC, has selected our 818 Building for its new headquarters.”

CBRE’s Chris Caras, Phillip Sample, Brad Chelf, Brandon Bank and Taylor Watson represented the landlord, Downtown Properties, an associate of Gaw Capital. The tenant was self-represented.

Caras says, “This deal shows that the appeal of this part of town has broadened. While it was dominated by government offices just 10-15 years ago, Downtown LA has morphed into this hip, amenity-rich environment that features one-of-a-kind properties that are attractive to a great variety of employers including financial, media and entertainment, tech and now sports.”

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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