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This is worrisome... Food services was LA's largest job sector with 356k jobs as of 2015 (93% in restaurants). The "ghost kitchen" is a labor-replacing strategy. If more restaurant operators shift to this model, LA's labor market will feel it #lostjobs bisnow.com/los-angeles/ne…

Consumers will seek out businesses with strict quality control now more than ever. Small businesses should band together to institute a "Quality Control Initiative" to give consumers comfort & better compete with corporate retail, food & hospitality chains #SmallBusiness

Annual income of workers on the frontlines of the pandemic: 🏥 Nursing assistants: $33,610 🍴 Restaurant cooks: $26,970 🏠 Home health aides: $24,200 ❤️ Personal care aides: $24,020 💵 Cashiers: $22,430 These workers deserve to earn a living wage.

We've got 250+ LA-area jobs up now from financial, healthcare, retail, restaurant and warehouse/distribution employers. We're adding more everyday! If you know someone impacted by this crisis, or people hiring, invite them to check out geotiller.com.

In light of what's happening, we've dusted off our RE map tech and recast it as a job portal for LA residents to see what jobs are available close to where they live. We're a lean team of 2, but we're determined to find ways to be helpful to thousands of folks looking for work!

bisnow.com/national/news/… Hotel brands should be more scared of Sonder v. Airbnb. Sonder runs a hotel platform out of apts, landlords don’t lift a finger. Airbnb’s “hybrid” approach puts operations on the landlord/tenant. Sonder is more scalable, brandable & now well-capitalized

urbanize.la/post/modular-a… Great modular TOD project for Los Angeles that will hopefully offer more affordable rents for market-rate units. And only an 8mo construction timeline! If successful, it will usher in a wave of modular apt development in LA.

google.com/amp/s/www.merc… Good public transportation should drive today’s master-planned development. While Related’s massive Santa Clara project is next to a VTA line, no one in Silicon Valley uses VTA light rail. Traffic + unaffordability likely equals trouble for SV long term.

latimes.com/business/la-fi… People are already uncomfortable being followed by banner ads online, so it's safe to say most people will be very uncomfortable if retailers track them with ad-targeting cameras. Retailers shouldn't alienate their core clientele to compete with Amazon.

google.com/amp/s/www.merc… 5yrs ago Downtown SJ’s office vacancy was 20%+ and its only big tenant (Adobe) seemed more interested in growing in SF. Today, Adobe has huge growth plans, Google’s coming and Jay Paul’s proposed 3.4M sf office dev will surely usher in a third big tenant

bisnow.com/chicago/news/c… This article about ASC 842 fails to recognize that some investors/lenders like cash flow predictability of a long term lease v. short term leases and that companies can always sublease to offset some or all lease payments if they vacate a space early

bisnow.com/national/news/… With JLL’s deal for HFF, who now buys Eastdil Secured? Cushman is saddled with debt and Newmark’s declining stock price makes a deal somewhat difficult. That leaves CBRE. Will CBRE make a move to counter JLL’s?

curbed.com/2019/1/22/1819… Interesting deal... the two companies will reportedly be run separate, but Airbnb makes most of its money charging the guest (up to 15%) while HotelTonight makes its money charging the hotel (20%+). Will Airbnb soon charge hosts more than the current 3%?

cnn.com/2019/03/06/bus… Great to see there is at least one Blockbuster left! Maybe boutique video stores will one day make a comeback similar to how mom & pop bookstores have carved their own niche in many neighborhoods around the US

sfchronicle.com/business/netwo… The residential market is slowing, but Compass is going all-in with a flurry of recent acquisitions. It’s either a genius plan to build a residential broker monopoly or an ill-timed growth initiative that will lead to aggressive cost cutting/layoffs.

therealdeal.com/issues_article… LA and Bay Area-based companies should invest in a web of co-working spaces across each MSA to help commuting workers attain a better work life balance 2-3 days/wk. And counties should find a way to incentivize them to do so to improve traffic congestion.

commercialobserver.com/2019/02/woodst… The senior housing industry is trying hard to cater to a baby boomer generation that is determined not to live in senior housing... the millennial generation on the other hand would probably move into these “experiential” communities right now!

businessinsider.com/carl-icahn-inv… "If you look at the way the market evaluates Uber and then look at the valuation of Lyft—Lyft is a tremendous bargain” - Carl Icahn after investing $100M in Lyft at a $2.5B valuation in 2015 The relative value bet paid off as Lyft now plans a $20B+ IPO.

bisnow.com/national/news/… In this Bisnow interview, CoStar’s CEO is skeptical of Moody’s new “decentralized” data offering approach. But if done correctly, a decentralized strategy could prove to be smarter v. a pricey all-in-one CoStar-like offering.

“Stick over podium” const. works in areas where land costs + low density caps make steel/concrete const. economically infeasible. But high density urban areas, like DTLA, should limit wood frame const. given it underutilizes increasingly scarce urban land

Strong Towns @StrongTowns

7 years ago

“Stick over podium” const. works in areas where land costs + low density caps make steel/concrete const. economically infeasible. But high density urban areas, like DTLA, should limit wood frame const. given it underutilizes increasingly scarce urban land

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