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SoCal’s Booming Industrial Market Attracts Global Investors

Foreign investment in SoCal industrial assets nearly tripled year-over-year, ranking the region number one in 2018, according to CBRE Research and Real Capital Analytics (RCA). A total of $910 million accounted for 6.3% of all foreign industrial investment in 2018 in the United States – the most in any one region.

Since 2010, foreign investors have poured more than $52 billion into U.S. industrial assets, notes CBRE, with the Greater Los Angeles, Orange County and Inland Empire accounting for nearly one tenth of overall cross-border investment volume. During this time, advancement in e-commerce and omnichannel supply chains have added value to industrial assets, creating investment opportunities in both suburban locales like the Inland Empire, and urban areas such as Los Angeles and Orange County. Since 2010, the most active buyers originated from China, Singapore and Canada, representing 74% of the capital flow.

Moving forward, CBRE predicts industrial and logistics assets will continue to attract foreign capital, supported by positive fundamentals, e-commerce demand and a diverse local economy that is fueling user demand.

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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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