FIRST QUARTER 2015 West Los Angeles Office Market Report Partnership. Performance. www.avisonyoung.com
FIRST QUARTER 2015 New Jersey West Los Angeles Office Market Report Partnership. Performance. Market Snapshot Asking Rent Market Overview Total Vacancy At 12.7% And Leasing Activity Remains Strong In Q1 The West Los Angeles office market began 2015 with positive absorption of 48,500 square feet (sf). The submarket that performed the best in Q1 was Brentwood with 62,900 sf of positive net absorption. The submarket that experienced the most amount of space givebacks was Century City (-103,700 sf). The largest block of space in the West LA market that is available is in the Miracle Mile submarket. There is over 400,000 sf available for lease at Wilshire Courtyard West. Vacancy Rates I Pre-recession asking rents in the entire West LA market were $4.06 per square foot (psf) on a full service gross (FSG) basis and coincided with a vacancy rate of 8.4%. In Q1, market wide asking rates hit $3.92 psf as the vacancy rate was 12.7%. The West LA market continues to present fundamentals that provide negotiating leverage to landlords. The asking lease rates range from $2.62 psf in the West Los Angeles submarket to $4.78 psf in the Beverly Hills submarket. The average new leasing activity in 2014 was 1,137,900 sf; however, new leasing activity in Q1 2015 was 1,040,000 sf. The leasing highlights in West LA were as follows: Omnicom leased 60,000 sf at 12777 W. Jefferson in the Marina Del Rey/Playa Vista submarket, Kinetic Content leased 55,700 sf at 11755 & 12100 Wilshire Blvd in Brentwood, Group M renewed for 44,300 sf at 6300 Wilshire Blvd in Miracle Mile, WhaleRock leased 30,000 sf at 750 San Vicente Blvd in West Hollywood and Scopely leased 28,200 sf at 3530 Hayden Ave in Culver City. Net Absorption The West LA market was the most active market in Los Angeles County in terms of sales activity, in fact a cap rate of 4.3% was achieved in Q1. The significant sales transactions that closed in Q1 were as follows: Invesco acquired 13031 W. Jefferson Blvd in Marina Del Rey/ Playa Vista from Worthe Real Estate Group for $316,000,000 ($791 psf), IDS Real Estate Group acquired The Beats Electronics Headquarters in Culver City from Hackman Capital Partners for $108,000,000 ($847 psf), Tishman Speyer acquired 520 Broadway in Santa Monica from Vornado Realty Trust for $91,000,000 ($805 psf) and Mani Brothers acquired 12555 Jefferson Blvd in Marina Del Rey/Playa Vista from Ocean West Capital Partners for $48,500,000 ($543 psf). The West LA market is expected to continue to record strong demand for space. There is 586,800 sf scheduled to deliver in 2015. The delivery of this space is not going to substantially raise the vacancy rate given that 76% of this space is already leased. The market is expected to move further to the advantage of landlords for the remainder of 2015.
First Quarter 2015 West Los Angeles Office Market Report MAJOR LEASE TRANSACTIONS Tenant Type Submarket Omnicom New 12777 W. Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles Marina Del Rey/Playa Vista 60,000 Kinetic Content New 11755/12100 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Brentwood 55,700 Group M Renewal 6300 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Miracle Mile 44,300 WhaleRock New 750 San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood West Hollywood 30,000 Scopely New 3530 Hayden Ave, Culver City Culver City 28,200 MAJOR SALE TRANSACTIONS Buyer Seller Price P 13031 W. Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles Invesco Worthe Real Estate Group $316,000,000 399,400 $791 8550 Higuera St, Culver City IDS Real Estate Group Hackman Capital Partners $108,000,000 127,500 $847 520 Broadway, Santa Monica Tishman Speyer Vornado Realty Trust $91,000,000 113,000 $805 12555 Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles Mani Brothers Real Estate Ocean West Capital Partners $48,500,000 89,400 $543 2701 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica Westbrook Partners Broadreach Capital Partners $47,000,000 101,000 $465 UNDER CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION Developer Completion 12333 Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles Hudson Pacific Properties 280,400 11975 W Bluff Creek Dr, Los Angeles Tishman Speyer 204,400 150 S El Camino Dr, Beverly Hills Kennedy-Wilson Properties 64,900 There are 495 office buildings in the West Los Angeles market. Of these, 232 are considered to be Class A office buildings. The submarket with the highest percentage of Class A square footage relative to its inventory is Century City The industries driving the strongest demand for space in the Los Angeles office market are entertainment, media, and technology. Entertainment is the largest industry cluster in Los Angeles County The majority of development activity in the West Los Angeles office market consists of the renovation of existing buildings as opposed to ground up construction Sales activity in the West Los Angeles office market amounted to $670.7 million year-to-date.
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