Real estate expertise for counsel.
Carl Muhlstein brings more than four decades of Los Angeles transaction experience to disputes over ground leases, landlord–tenant relationships, and the standard of care owed by brokers: independent, on the facts, and grounded in how deals are actually negotiated.
Ground Leases & Rent Resets
Fair market rent and value at reset, reappraisal provisions, and how ground lease terms are negotiated in practice.
Landlord–Tenant Disputes
Market practice on lease terms, concessions, renewals, and operating covenants, and what parties typically agree to.
Broker Standard of Care
What a reasonable broker would have done: representation, disclosures, marketing process, and duties to clients.
Marketing & Sale Process
Whether an asset was exposed to the right buyers or tenants, for long enough, on market terms.
Market Evidence
Market rents, comparable transactions, and conditions as of a given date, in support of counsel and valuation experts.
Studios & Specialized Assets
Disputes involving soundstages, production campuses, and other operating real estate where the business and the building are intertwined.
- Founder and principal, Muhlstein CRE, since December 2023
- Formerly Executive Managing Director, JLL; Vice Chairman of Capital Markets, Cushman & Wakefield of California; senior posts at Insignia/ESG Capital Advisors and Tishman Speyer Properties
- California Department of Real Estate license #00595250
- Exclusive agent for ViacomCBS on the $1.85 billion sale of CBS Studio Center, 2021
- More than $8 billion in career leases and sales, as reported by Commercial Observer in 2019
- Chair, L.A. Prop F Citizens Oversight Committee
- Urban Land Institute member; AIA Los Angeles Board
- Speaker at the UCLA Anderson Forecast, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, and USC Gould Real Estate Law & Business Forum
Conflict Check
Parties, counsel, and the property, cleared before any substantive discussion.
Scope & Retention
Consulting or testifying role, deliverables, schedule, and fees, agreed with counsel.
Review & Analysis
Documents, market evidence, and transaction history, analyzed on the facts.
Opinion & Testimony
Written opinions, deposition, and arbitration or trial testimony as the matter requires.
Need an independent real estate expert?Or email Carl directly at carl@muhlsteincre.com
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