Preparing Your Business and Portfolio for What’s Next

Connect Media (August 28, 2019) A standing-room crowd of nearly 500 commercial real estate leaders gathered last week at The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast for the annual Connect Orange County conference. The afternoon featured a keynote address by KBS Realty Advisors Chuck Schreiber, as well as three deep-dive panel discussions. One of the big questions on everyone’s mind was: Is there a bad moon rising? Heading into the 11th year of the current economic expansion cycle, the conversation of the Preparing Your Business and Portfolio for What’s Next panel centered around delivering advice that CRE players needed to know in order to prepare for a potential downturn. Allen Matkins’ Sandra Jacobson moderated the panel, and kicked off the discussion noting that it seems the recession is on hold given the past couple months when it has been “crazy busy for everyone.” She asked panelists to share their perspective on the topic of a recession. Read More