NY State Pension Fund Taps Bridge Investment for $600MM Logistics Fund Targeting California and Pacific Northwest, Adds $181MM in Apartments
Pension fund establishes dedicated development vehicle while adding nearly $181 million in West Coast apartments to direct holdings The New York State Common...
Blackstone Sells 248-Room Residence Inn in Torrance for $54MM as Hotel Investment Strategy Shifts
Capital Insight Acquires Extended-Stay Property Near Redondo Beach in Latest Blackstone Hotel Exit Blackstone has divested an extended-stay hotel in Torrance, selling the...
Investment Concepts Acquires 23,600 SQFT San Clemente Shopping Center for $21MM
Plaza Pacifica trades hands at year-end as grocery-adjacent retail holds investor appeal in coastal Orange County Commercial real estate transactions in Orange County’s...
Consumer Prices Expected to Rise 0.35% in December After Data Collection Issues
Wells Fargo forecasts 2.7 percent year-over-year headline inflation, down from September peak despite monthly rebound The longest government shutdown in U.S. history created...
Manufacturing Sector Closes 2025 With 10th Consecutive Month of Contraction, ISM Index at 47.8
Employment gauge shows modest improvement despite persistent weakness in new orders and production activity The disconnect between America’s booming overall economy and its...
Meta Housing Secures Ground Lease and $57.7MM Construction Loan for 207-Unit Affordable Housing Project in Woodland Hills
Los Angeles developer closes 99-year ground lease with Safehold and construction financing for Warner Center development set for 2028 completion Safehold Inc. has...
Blackstone, BioMed Realty Sell 340-Key Embassy Suites by Hilton in San Diego’s UTC for $111MM
Institutional partners exit University Town Center all-suite hotel as San Diego market navigates softening business travel demand JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group has...
Affinius Capital & Pendulum Property Partners Secure $113MM Financing for 470,000 SQFT The Mix in San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles, CA (January 8, 2026) — Newmark announces the Company has arranged $113 million in financing for The Mix, a 469,749-square-foot, three-building...
Crosse Partners Acquires 57,000 SQFT Industrial Building for $17.4MM in Huntington Beach
Crosse Partners has acquired a 57,088-square-foot industrial building at 5302 Rancho Road in Huntington Beach, California from Oxford Properties Group for $17.4 million,...
Enterprise Bank Acquires 88,000 SQFT Laguna Beach Arts Portfolio for $5.2MM in Foreclosure Sale
Former cultural hub along Laguna Canyon Road changes hands after $29 million default Distressed commercial real estate transactions can reshape entire districts, and...
Brookfield Properties Sells 129,000 SQFT Industrial Property in Orange for $31MM
Liangchen Yao-affiliated entity purchases facility at $241 per square foot as market faces rising vacancies Industrial properties in Orange County are changing hands...
County of San Diego and Latitude 33 Celebrate Successful Completion of Legacy Real Estate Development
San Diego, CA, November 6, 2025 – After 17 years of innovative and award-winning development, Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering and the County...
Consumer Prices Expected to Rise 0.35% in December After Data Collection Issues
Wells Fargo forecasts 2.7 percent year-over-year headline inflation, down from September peak despite monthly rebound The longest government shutdown in U.S. history created...
Manufacturing Sector Closes 2025 With 10th Consecutive Month of Contraction, ISM Index at 47.8
Employment gauge shows modest improvement despite persistent weakness in new orders and production activity The disconnect between America’s booming overall economy and its...
Labor Market Treads Water as Job Openings Fall to 7.1 Million
The U.S. labor market showed continued signs of cooling in November, with job openings declining and workers increasingly reluctant to leave their positions,...
3D Printed Houses and Other Fairy Tales
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The prophecy was always that technology would save us. And here we are in 2026,...
California’s Population Growth Slows to 0.05% as Migration Patterns Shift
State adds 19,200 residents in fiscal year 2024-25, marking third consecutive year of growth following pandemic declines California’s population inched upward by approximately...
Los Angeles Hotel Market Stabilizes in Q4 2025 as Convention Center Expansion Signals New Growth Phase
The Los Angeles hotel sector entered the fourth quarter of 2025 in a “stabilization” phase, pivoting from its leisure-heavy recovery to rely more...
Affinius Capital & Pendulum Property Partners Secure $113MM Financing for 470,000 SQFT The Mix in San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles, CA (January 8, 2026) — Newmark announces the Company has arranged $113 million in financing for The Mix, a 469,749-square-foot, three-building...
Village Del Amo in Torrance Sells for $108.5MM in South Bay’s Biggest Retail Deal of 2025
Torrance, CA – December 23, 2025 – NAI Capital Commercial is pleased to announce that Vice Presidents David Shaby III and Stefan Neumann of...
Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. Purchases Two-Block Neiman Marcus Site in Beverly Hills, Adding 350,000 SQFT to Golden Triangle Portfolio
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a private real estate investment firm owned by Ben Ashkenazy, today announced a major retail acquisition of the...
Investment Concepts Acquires 23,600 SQFT San Clemente Shopping Center for $21MM
Plaza Pacifica trades hands at year-end as grocery-adjacent retail holds investor appeal in coastal Orange County Commercial real estate transactions in Orange County’s...
MGR Real Estate Snaps Up 391,000 SQFT Orange City Square Mixed-Use Complex for $89MM
MGR Real Estate has closed on an $89 million acquisition of a mixed-use property in Orange, marking one of the more significant commercial...
Southern California Housing Market Firmly in Buyers’ Territory
Inland Empire and coastal metros show significant seller surplus as affordability challenges limit buyer pool Southern California’s housing market has shifted decisively in...
Blackstone, BioMed Realty Sell 340-Key Embassy Suites by Hilton in San Diego’s UTC for $111MM
Institutional partners exit University Town Center all-suite hotel as San Diego market navigates softening business travel demand JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group has...
San Diego’s Office Market Finds Its Footing as Suburban Class A Leads and Discounted Towers Trade Hands
JLL says occupancy holds at 85.4 percent as rents slip 2.4 percent year over year San Diego’s office market is no longer defined...
Southern California Housing Market Firmly in Buyers’ Territory
Inland Empire and coastal metros show significant seller surplus as affordability challenges limit buyer pool Southern California’s housing market has shifted decisively in...
42,000 SQFT Ontario Retail Center Hits Market at $10MM as Inland Empire Faces Headwinds
A 41,926-square-foot retail center at 800 South Mountain Avenue in Ontario, California, has been listed for sale at $9.995 million, presenting investors with...
Southern California Housing Market Firmly in Buyers’ Territory
Inland Empire and coastal metros show significant seller surplus as affordability challenges limit buyer pool Southern California’s housing market has shifted decisively in...
40-Unit Townhouse Complex in Beaumont Brought to Market for $12.85MM
2008-built Tuscany Villas property offers 5 percent cap rate on 2.45-acre site near Interstate 10 corridor A townhouse community in Beaumont has entered...
3D Printed Houses and Other Fairy Tales
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The prophecy was always that technology would save us. And here we are in 2026,...
The $200 Billion Question: Where Does Your Tariff Tax Go?
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The Trump administration is crowing about collecting $200 billion in tariff revenues this year. Customs...
Federal Reserve Delivers Year-End Rate Cut as Los Angeles County CRE to Enter 2026 in Reset Mode
Lower debt costs are expected to steady valuations after three years of volatility, with Industrial and Retail leading early momentum as easing rates...
Building Sustainable Affordable Communities
By Bill Wilhelm, President of R.D. Olson Construction Affordable housing development aims not merely to ease the Greater Los Angeles area’s housing crisis,...
McNellis on CMBS: “Commercial Mortgage BS”
By John McNellis This essay is taken from John’s forthcoming 3rd edition of Making it in Real Estate. I was leaning against the bar...
Ventura County Multifamily Sales Rebound as Rents Stabilize in Q3 2025
Investors target value-add opportunities despite rising cap rates and slight dips in asking rents. By J.C. Casillas, Managing Director of Research at NAI Capital...
Crosse Partners Acquires 57,000 SQFT Industrial Building for $17.4MM in Huntington Beach
Crosse Partners has acquired a 57,088-square-foot industrial building at 5302 Rancho Road in Huntington Beach, California from Oxford Properties Group for $17.4 million,...
Enterprise Bank Acquires 88,000 SQFT Laguna Beach Arts Portfolio for $5.2MM in Foreclosure Sale
Former cultural hub along Laguna Canyon Road changes hands after $29 million default Distressed commercial real estate transactions can reshape entire districts, and...
Brookfield Properties Sells 129,000 SQFT Industrial Property in Orange for $31MM
Liangchen Yao-affiliated entity purchases facility at $241 per square foot as market faces rising vacancies Industrial properties in Orange County are changing hands...
Bank Takes Control of 1.03-Acre Laguna Beach Retail Site at $18.68MM Trustee Sale
Enterprise Bank and Trust acquires seven-parcel Heisler Laguna Collection on Coast Highway following foreclosure A retail property spanning seven parcels along Pacific Coast...
Irvine Buyer Acquires 42-Unit Huntington Beach Apartments for $16.13MM
46,062-square-foot Mora Kai Apartments trades for approximately $384,000 per unit In a Southern California apartment market where buyers have become more selective, a...
Crescent Hotel Group Plans 13-Story Mixed-Use Project in Inglewood
Developer Secures Key Land Use Approval for Major Hotel-Residential Complex 4200 West Century Associates has received Planning Commission approval for a General Plan...
Bank OZK Sells $265MM Life Sciences Construction Loan for Sterling Bay’s 500,000 SQFT Pacific Center Property in Sorrento Mesa
In a move that breaks from its traditional playbook, Arkansas-based Bank OZK has unloaded one of its largest construction loans, marking what analysts...
Cypress Equity, LWK Partners & Sabal Investment Acquire 75-unit Los Angeles Workforce Housing Portfolio for $30MM
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2026 — Cypress Equity Investments (“CEI”), an institutional multifamily developer and real estate investment company, LWK Partners (“LWK”), a real estate...
