Building Through Cycles: It’s All Related in California Housing

Lusk Perspectives

What shaped Related California’s approach to housing, and how has it adapted across market shifts?

William A. Witte and Gino A. Canori (Related California) join Richard K. Green (USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to reflect on more than three decades of development, from pioneering uses of tax-exempt bonds to navigating today’s capital markets.

The conversation begins with policy and finance, including tax credits, bond cap programs, and the long-term value of rehab versus new construction, before moving to operations, the shifting geography of multifamily demand, and today’s market reset.

Highlights include:

- How Related carved out a niche by combining market-rate housing with affordable units under the 80/20 program - Post-COVID shifts in multifamily demand from urban cores to suburban, amenity-rich destinations. - Underwriting is still absorbing the spike in insurance and labor costs while the new normal continues to emerge. - Signs of recovery in San Francisco leasing and investment. -The economics and operational tactics of managing mixed-income buildings.

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