{"id":1004795755,"date":"2026-04-20T04:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004795755"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:59:17","slug":"douglas-emmett-lands-hq-lease-at-la-office-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/douglas-emmett-lands-hq-lease-at-la-office-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Emmett Lands HQ Lease at LA Office Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"1004795763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/douglas-emmett-lands-hq-lease-at-la-office-tower\/100_wilshire\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"793,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100_Wilshire\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Press release image https:\/\/www.citybiz.co\/article\/833954\/alternative-investment-firm-signs-12251-sf-lease-in-santa-monica-california-to-meet-growing-capacity-needs\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;100 Wilshire, a Class A office building at 100 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica, Calif. Image courtesy of JLL&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg?w=793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg\" alt=\"View of 100 Wilshire, a Class A office building at 100 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica, Calif. \" class=\"wp-image-1004795763\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg?resize=300,227 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/100_Wilshire.jpg?resize=768,581 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">100 Wilshire, a Class A office building at 100 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica, Calif. <em>Image courtesy of JLL<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alternative investment firm Raven Capital has signed a new lease for 12,251 square feet of office space at 100 Wilshire, a 21-story, 252,536-square-foot Class A office building at 100 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica, Calif. JLL represented Raven in lease negotiations with the building\u2019s owner, Douglas Emmett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new space will serve as Raven\u2019s West Coast headquarters. The tenant, which specializes in asset-based, non-sponsor private credit, is relocating from 7,256 square feet at 1335 4th St. in Santa Monica.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2008 and owned by Dimitri Cohen, Gary Sumers, Jeremy Tucker and Chris Felice, Raven focuses on originating senior secured loans to middle-market borrowers. Over its history, Raven has deployed more than $3.3 billion across over 100 investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ai-promises-to-challenge-the-office-sector-for-the-rest-of-the-decade\/\">AI Likely to Challenge Office Sector for the Rest of the Decade<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>JLL Senior Managing Director Jim Schoolfield represented Raven Capital in the new lease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stable-with-possible-growth\">Stable, with possible growth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Angeles metro office market was showing signs of stabilization as the year opened, with modest net absorption of 236,000 square feet, according to a first-quarter report from JLL. In parallel with that, sublease availability has declined for six consecutive quarters. Office rents have largely been flat, though rising 12.9 percent year-over-year in trophy buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outlook for this year, according to JLL, includes increased demand from aerospace and defense occupiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only days ago, Douglas Emmett demonstrated both its presence in the LA market\u2014and its strategy of acquiring properties so as to build substantial, concentrated market share. A joint venture it manages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/douglas-emmett-welltower-shake-on-260m-mob-deal-in-la\/\">acquired the Bedford Collection<\/a>, a five-building, 246,000-square-foot medical office portfolio in Beverly Hills, from Welltower for $260 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The portfolio occupies nearly an entire block at 400 N. Bedford Drive in downtown Beverly Hills, less than 2 miles from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the acquisition, Douglas Emmett owns one-third of Beverly Hills\u2019 medical office space. That\u2019s significant, given that Beverly Hills is home to almost 10 percent of metro Los Angeles medical office space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alternative investment firm is relocating its West Coast headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":882,"featured_media":1004795763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,1594,21742,21747,15],"tags":[34362,32796],"class_list":["post-1004795755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-los-angeles","category-latest","category-office","category-west","tag-douglas-emmett-inc","tag-jll"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Douglas Emmett Lands HQ Lease at LA Office Tower - 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