How Does L.A. Stack Up Against the Inland Empire?

Ray Kivett is the managing director of investments at American Realty Advisors.

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles and the Inland Empire continue to be the major dominators of the Southern California industrial market. While they share high demand, record low vacancy rates and ever increasing rental rates, they are two very different markets. To find out how they stack up, the differences and challenges in each market and why investors and tenants are lining up to get into each one, we sat down with market expert Ray Kivett, managing director of investments at American Realty Advisors, for an exclusive interview. Here, he draws comparisons between the two markets and discusses the trends and challenges for each.

GlobeSt.com: The Southern California industrial market is incredibly active. How do the two biggest submarkets in the region—the Inland Empire and the Los Angeles market—compare?