Inland Empire Industrial Vacancy Climbs to 7.7% as Leasing Activity Drops Sharply in Q1 2026
Despite slower first-quarter performance, gross leasing across the region topped 48 million square feet and stabilization is expected to begin later this year...
Toronto’s Automotive Properties REIT Lands Santa Ana Audi, Volkswagen Dealerships for $30.15MM in Cross-Border Penske Net-Lease Play
The 61,000-square-foot Orange County acquisition closes at a $4.95 million discount to asking and extends the Canadian REIT’s push into premium U.S. auto...
TUV SUD Inks 56,800 SQFT Lease with The Blackmore Company in Carlsbad
The testing and certification firm joins one of North County’s most active industrial corridors as vacancy in Carlsbad pushes into double digits TUV...
Fully Entitled South Pasadena Condo Development Site Brought to Market for $13.6MM
The 0.81-acre corner lot at 815 Fremont Avenue carries planning approval for 56 condominiums and ground-floor commercial space, eliminating entitlement risk in a...
Laird Technologies Leases 62,300 SQFT at Prologis Carlsbad Distribution Center
The electronics-protection manufacturer takes more than half of a Class-B warehouse near Interstate 5 as North County industrial absorption stays negative Laird Technologies...
10-Unit Legacy Beverly Hills Multifamily Community Sells for $13.2MM
Condo-mapped multifamily property at 313 S. Reeves Drive traded below its prior $14.25MM asking price after entering the market earlier this year Apartment...
34,500 SQFT Pomona Strip Center Tests Investor Appetite for Infill Retail with Listing at $15.88MM
Faris Lee Investments has listed Garey Olive Center in the San Gabriel Valley with flexible zoning that opens the door to residential, medical...
San Diego’s CRE Recovery Accelerates as Office and Industrial Investors Find Positive Leverage Again
LBA Realty and CBRE leaders point to eight straight quarters of office absorption, a thawing industrial capital market and a diversified Southern California...
Santa Barbara Office Vacancy Drops to 9.5% as Net Absorption Rebounds in Q1 2026
Colliers reports that the 5.75-million-square-foot market absorbed nearly 38,000 square feet during the quarter, nearly reversing the prior quarter’s losses, while sublease availability...
Satechi Acquires 60,000 SQFT Scripps Ranch Building in San Diego from Dye Precision for $15.1MM
The San Diego consumer electronics brand secures owner-user industrial space as Scripps Ranch posts its only meaningful absorption of the quarter Satechi has...
Rexford Industrial Trades 100,000 SQFT Valencia Building for $31MM at $310 Per Square Foot
The single-tenant, fully-leased industrial building in the Greater San Fernando Valley submarket sold to an owner-user as Rexford accelerates capital recycling. Rexford Industrial...
Williams Homes Extends Meaningful Path to Homeownership for Those Who Serve
$7,500 “Hometown Heroes” incentive supports military, veterans, educators, and frontline professionals across all communities By Matt Kovacs As housing affordability continues to challenge...
Inland Empire Industrial Vacancy Climbs to 7.7% as Leasing Activity Drops Sharply in Q1 2026
Despite slower first-quarter performance, gross leasing across the region topped 48 million square feet and stabilization is expected to begin later this year...
San Diego’s CRE Recovery Accelerates as Office and Industrial Investors Find Positive Leverage Again
LBA Realty and CBRE leaders point to eight straight quarters of office absorption, a thawing industrial capital market and a diversified Southern California...
Santa Barbara Office Vacancy Drops to 9.5% as Net Absorption Rebounds in Q1 2026
Colliers reports that the 5.75-million-square-foot market absorbed nearly 38,000 square feet during the quarter, nearly reversing the prior quarter’s losses, while sublease availability...
UCLA Clears Environmental Hurdle for 1.35MM-SQFT Westside Pavilion Conversion Into Research Hub
The university’s adaptive reuse play to convert a dead mall into a multidisciplinary science campus moves into formal CEQA review, with a public...
San Fernando Valley Industrial Vacancy Climbs to 5% as Negative Absorption Accelerates in Q1 2026
Kidder Mathews reports that the 124-million-square-foot submarket recorded more than 636,000 square feet of occupancy losses during the quarter, while asking rents slipped...
San Fernando Valley & Ventura Industrial Market Records -375,000 SQFT Absorption as Vacancy Edges Up to 3.8%
Leasing activity remains elevated even as occupancy softens and rent growth pauses across the region Industrial markets across the San Fernando Valley and...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
Fully Entitled South Pasadena Condo Development Site Brought to Market for $13.6MM
The 0.81-acre corner lot at 815 Fremont Avenue carries planning approval for 56 condominiums and ground-floor commercial space, eliminating entitlement risk in a...
Hudson Pacific Recalibrates LA Portfolio as Hollywood Stages Refill and $150MM Element LA Trade Clears
The REIT booked a $147.8MM Quixote impairment, fully leased Sunset Las Palmas stages, and advanced a 508-unit Culver City residential conversion as content...
Jacmar Cos.’s 120-Unit Mixed-Use Project Goes Vertical at the Fairfax Asterisk in LA’s Little Ethiopia
The Alhambra-based conglomerate’s 120-unit apartment building rises above grade at one of Los Angeles’ most complex intersections, adding density to a corridor in...
Toronto’s Automotive Properties REIT Lands Santa Ana Audi, Volkswagen Dealerships for $30.15MM in Cross-Border Penske Net-Lease Play
The 61,000-square-foot Orange County acquisition closes at a $4.95 million discount to asking and extends the Canadian REIT’s push into premium U.S. auto...
Southern California Hotels Split Four Ways as World Cup Looms and Budget Travelers Pull Back
Los Angeles rides a marquee event boost, Orange County extends its winning streak, San Diego digests a supply wave and the Inland Empire...
107,000 SQFT Centerstone Plaza Trades for $32MM as New York Life Exits Irvine Office at Sharp Discount
The 107,028-SQFT suburban Irvine office campus clears at a 37 percent haircut to its 2016 basis, underscoring the ongoing institutional office reset. New...
TUV SUD Inks 56,800 SQFT Lease with The Blackmore Company in Carlsbad
The testing and certification firm joins one of North County’s most active industrial corridors as vacancy in Carlsbad pushes into double digits TUV...
Community HousingWorks Announces Groundbreaking on 59-Unit Affordable Veterans Housing Development in San Diego
SDHC awarded 30 housing vouchers and a development loan to support the project SAN DIEGO, CA — The long-vacant former site of a City...
Southern California Hotels Split Four Ways as World Cup Looms and Budget Travelers Pull Back
Los Angeles rides a marquee event boost, Orange County extends its winning streak, San Diego digests a supply wave and the Inland Empire...
Inland Empire Industrial Vacancy Climbs to 7.7% as Leasing Activity Drops Sharply in Q1 2026
Despite slower first-quarter performance, gross leasing across the region topped 48 million square feet and stabilization is expected to begin later this year...
Five Projects Totaling 6.6MM SQFT Advance in Inland Empire Despite Elevated Vacancy
Developers push forward with major industrial construction across the High Desert, Menifee, and Perris submarkets as the region’s 9.4 million-square-foot pipeline takes shape....
US Elogistics Services Signs 589,000 SQFT Lease in Ontario, Expanding Cross-Border Fulfillment Operations
The global e-commerce fulfillment company, which operates under the CIRRO brand, secures major warehouse space at 5331 S Carpenter Avenue in the Inland...
The Data Center Bargain: What Every Town Should Demand
Free power. Free heat. Clean water. The bargain every town should be demanding. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
Bed Bath & Boomerang
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) In August 2025, Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Beyond, Inc.—which is to...
McNellis: F*** Real Estate?
Publisher’s Note What began over a decade ago as a series of candid, sharp-witted articles written for The Registry has grown into one of the...
Orange County Industrial Vacancy Rises to 6.1% as Rents Soften
A leasing rebound and contracting pipeline show early signs of stabilization for Orange County’s industrial market. By J.C. Casillas, Managing Director of Research at...
March’s Jobs Report and the Art of Misdirection
Behind the rosy March employment headline, a quiet exodus: nearly 400,000 Americans gave up on the job market in a single month. By...
Inland Empire Industrial Market Off to Strong Start in 2026 with $381.6MM in Sales, Falling Vacancy, and Positive Absorption
Net absorption reaches 2.8 million square feet in Q1 2026 as vacancy dips 20 basis points quarter-over-quarter, offering early signs of demand stabilization....
Swig and Intercontinental Clinch 22,000 SQFT of Leases at 6300 Wilshire as LA Office Market Wobbles
The Class A Miracle Mile tower lands three new tenants and five renewals over five months, defying a Los Angeles office sector grappling...
Williams Homes Extends Meaningful Path to Homeownership for Those Who Serve
$7,500 “Hometown Heroes” incentive supports military, veterans, educators, and frontline professionals across all communities By Matt Kovacs As housing affordability continues to challenge...
Abraham Companies Clears Site for 126-Unit Apres Beverly Grove at 400 South San Vicente
The Newport Beach developer is converting a 1980s strip mall two blocks from the Beverly Center into an eight-story mixed-use tower, with general...
Irvine Co. Trades 842-Space Garage for 184-Unit Luxury Tower at Fashion Island in Newport Beach
The master-planned developer is converting underused parking at 800 San Clemente Drive into the eighth and final building of its 708-unit Villas at...
UCLA Clears Environmental Hurdle for 1.35MM-SQFT Westside Pavilion Conversion Into Research Hub
The university’s adaptive reuse play to convert a dead mall into a multidisciplinary science campus moves into formal CEQA review, with a public...
Republic Moving Renews 77,000 SQFT Otay Mesa Lease at Majestic Sunroad Center in San Diego
The longtime San Diego mover anchors a Class-A industrial campus as the cross-border submarket posts the county’s largest quarterly absorption gain Republic Moving...
Sharp Capital Tests Glendale Office Demand With Listing for Fully Leased 72,600 SQFT Broadway Tower
Beverly Hills-based investor seeks buyer for 425 W. Broadway as Tri-Cities vacancy hits 26.1 percent Sharp Capital is testing investor appetite for a...
Rexford Industrial Sheds 5.1-Acre Irwindale Development Site for $14.5MM
The San Gabriel Valley land sale to an owner-user marks one of five Q1 dispositions as the REIT pivots away from speculative development...
