LOS ANGELES—“Historically, over the last two to three years, Ithink the returns have been better in the Western region,” saysRichard Lewis, a principal at CommonwealthPartners LLC, in a video interviewat Allen Matkins recent View From the Top conference, whichGlobeSt.com has exclusively obtained. The video offers insightsinto the real estate investment market from the country's top-tierexperts. Lewis goes on to say, “Effective rents relative to valueswere better on the West Coast as opposed to the East Coast, and weare finding that has become more of a parody nationally.”

The video report interviews the experts that spoke on theevent's real estate investment panel, and records each speakersrecap and personal analysis as well as highlights from the paneldiscussion itself. “We put the industry leaders together fromKilroy Realty, Hudson Pacific, CBRE, Eastdil Secured and others whoshared their insights in regards to how the California market hasbeen effected by the economic recovery, job growth, the influx offoreign capital into the coastal markets and other fundamentaldrivers,” Tony Natsis, an attorney at AllenMatkins, tells GlobeSt.com

The video captures experts discussing everything from the mostbooming markets to the best way to maximize an investment's return.The good news, according to the experts, is that the slow recoveryhas created much more transparency with less irresponsiblebehavior. “We're not seeing some of the irresponsible underwritingand lending practices that we saw at the peak of the market,” saysKevin Shannon, vice chairman atCBRE Investment Properties.