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Study Group: Retail Real Estate Brokerage Experts (California)

Council Members in this Study Group: 49

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics in real estate including: commercial property, residential property, corporate real estate, construction, design, contracting, real estate investment, real estate investment trusts, and residential and commercial real estate brokerages, among others.

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Joseph Gabbaian

Senior Vice President
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
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Joseph Gabbaian is a Senior Vice President at Grubb & Ellis. Mr. Gabbaian has established himself as an expert in commercial real estate investments in the southern California market with an emphasis on the West Los Angeles/Santa Monica market through a solid track record in representing buyers, sellers,...

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Rental rates follow job market

February 17, 2009

A Month Free? Rents Are Falling Fast | www.nytimes.com

Rents received are a directly proportional to job market strength. As jobs soften, so do rents and vice versa. In this market, renters are finding roommates or returning to live with family/friends to reduce costs and expenses.

Real Estate Downturn Finally Arrives in West Los Angeles

January 13, 2009

Joseph Gabbaian, Senior Vice President, GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY

As Vacant Office Space Grows, So Does Lenders’ Crisis | www.nytimes.com

- The West Los Angeles commercial real estate market, once considered bullet-proof due to its strong fundamentals, is hit hard by the recession. - The Westside market experiences its first negative absorption in five years, and rental rates, which had gone up in the face of declining absorption, drop...

Waiting for dawn...

January 9, 2009

All tunnel, no light | www.property-report.com

Job losses continue to escalate

My investments are safe with Institutional investors- So you think!

November 21, 2008

DBSI Failure Shows Spread of Turmoil in Real Estate | online.wsj.com

It is critically important to understand the fundamentals of the investment strategy before you commit your money. There are super sales people who can convince a drowning person to buy more water- unfortunately those same sales persons are interested in collecting their fee and little else. By understanding...

The Subprime Pipeline

May 9, 2008

Bulletproof housing markets get hit | money.cnn.com

The subprime pipeline has a ways to go. Very much like a virus infects humans- it must run it's course. In 2002 the rebirth of the subprime mortgage began to prevent our economy from dipping into recession. In 2007, the market shows the first short sales and foreclosures. The 125% rule of negativeamortizing...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Brokerage/Agency
  • Consulting Firm

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President