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COVID-19 and the San Diego Economy

Posted by Alan Nevin on May 11, 2020 9:05:51 PM

The impact of COVID-19 on our economy is unmistakable. Is it like 1929? I think not. Is it very serious? Absolutely. But, to accurately gauge the severity of the situation, we need to look at the national economy, first and ...

Topics: Economics, Real Estate Development, Alan Nevin, San Diego, California, Publications

Posted by Alan Nevin on Mar 3, 2020 10:19:22 AM

I recently had the opportunity to prepare a utility demand forecast for the Otay Water District. After completing my on-line research and chatting with a few border-friendly clients, I took the occasion to spend a day at the border.

Topics: Economics, Real Estate Development, San Diego, Market Research, California, Land Development

Posted by Alan Nevin on Dec 16, 2019 9:16:23 AM

The Mamas and the Papas got it right!

Topics: Economics, Alan Nevin, Market Research, California

Market Research Article AdobeStock_134881050

Posted by Justin Cox on Nov 18, 2019 3:15:00 PM

Architects design places where people live, work and play, but their creative process isn’t done in a vacuum. It relies on input from the developer and other stakeholders, as well as their own design knowledge and experience. However, for a building project to be ...

Topics: Economics, Real Estate Development, Architecture, Market Research, Feasibility Study, Valuation, Publications, Residential Construction

Posted by Alan Nevin on Oct 2, 2019 11:23:12 AM

Australia is now in its 28th consecutive year without a recession. The population of Australia is pushing 25 million, almost the same as the population of Southern California.

Why can’t we in Southern Californians emulate Australia?

Topics: Economics, California

AdobeStock_273206910 - Golf course article

Posted by Alan Nevin on Aug 25, 2019 1:36:00 PM

Over the past decade, more than 1,000 golf courses have closed across the country. In all honesty, many of them should never have been built. They were built solely to facilitate the marketing of new homes or new hotels, but never made economic sense. Between 2002 ...

Topics: Economics, Real Estate Development, CM/Development Services, Market Research, real estate advisory

Posted by Alan Nevin on May 28, 2019 2:00:00 PM

San Diego isn’t Manhattan or San Francisco and never will be. But, it can be built out with higher-density building product that will accommodate a broad range of buyer and renter types.

Topics: Economics, Real Estate Development, Alan Nevin, San Diego, Market Research

Posted by Justin Cox on Feb 12, 2019 2:07:36 PM

Last month, Alan Nevin was a guest to Wealth Legacy Group's podcast with R.J. Kelly. The discussion went into a wide variety of economic topics such as car and home sales, how millennials are going to impact the wider economy, demographic shifts occurring ...

Topics: Economics, Events, Alan Nevin, In The News, real estate advisory