Archive for June, 2008

News Release: News Corp Consolidates All Fox Interactive Employees Into New Facility

Monday, June 30th, 2008

News Corp Consolidates All Fox Interactive Employees Into New Facility TechCrunch.com – June 30, 2008 Fox Interactive Media, the News Corp subsidiary that controls most of its online assets, has signed a 12 year lease agreement for a new facility in  Playa Vista . All FIM companies in Southern California will move ...

News Release: New office complex rising in Playa Vista

Friday, June 27th, 2008

New office complex rising in Playa Vista Los Angeles Times - June 27, 2008     Tech firm Belkin International will be a major tenant in the $1.2-billion development, which is being built on a 64-acre site where Howard Hughes once ran his aviation empire.   Work has begun on the first phase of a ...

Is Real Estate a Product or Commodity? – 6.27.2008

Friday, June 27th, 2008

I was in a seminar last week and the speaker brought up a very intriguing question - Is real estate a product or commodity? A product is a good or service that is created, priced by the maker then, marketed to sell at a pre-determined price.  The demand for the product ...

Playa Vista Market Report & Absorption Rate Analysis – 6.20.2008

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Absorption rate analysis is one way to determine the stability of the real estate market.  It is an explanation as to how many homes are absorbed by the market on a monthly basis.  A six months supply is considered a balanced market — one in which the number of listings ...