37,000 SQFT Montbleau & Associates HQ Hits Market for $11.7MM in San Diego
The San Diego headquarters of architectural millwork firm Montbleau & Associates, a 36,643-square-foot industrial facility located three miles from downtown, has been listed...
Pacific Retail JV Negotiates Workout as $309MM Loan on 2MM SQFT Lakewood Center Reaches June Maturity
Less than a year after acquiring Lakewood Center from Macerich for $332.1 million, the joint venture of Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Lyon Living...
PCCP, Alliance Residential Pay $65.3MM for 184-Unit Hawthorne Apartments in Riverside
A joint venture of PCCP and Alliance Residential Co. has acquired The Hawthorne, a 184-unit garden-style community in Riverside, for $65.3 million, a...
Lift Partners Pays $14.5MM for 161,394-SQFT IOS Site at 4500 York Boulevard in Los Angeles
San Francisco-based Lift Partners has expanded its Southern California footprint with the $14.5 million purchase of an industrial outdoor storage site in Northeast...
Glendale Commission Upholds 87-Unit Foothill Boulevard Apartment Project, Rejecting Crescenta Highlands Appeal Over Fire Evacuation and Contamination Claims
The Glendale Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny a neighborhood association’s appeal of an 87-unit density bonus apartment project at 3411-3427 Foothill Boulevard,...
27,220 SQFT Mixed-Use Property with Approved 134-Unit Redevelopment Plan Hits Market on Pasadena’s South Lake Avenue
A two-story retail and office building on Pasadena’s South Lake Avenue has come to market carrying an unusual asset for buyers weighing the...
Four Rivers Capital Lists 41,420 SQFT Caliber Collision Facility in Los Angeles for $11.4MM
A Dallas investment firm is seeking a 37 percent premium on a Pico-Union collision repair facility it acquired just nine months ago, betting...
Locked-In Borrowers, Rising Insurance and a Multifamily Rebound: Inside the UCLA Anderson Forecast Real Estate Panel
A UCLA Anderson Forecast expert panel moderated by UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate Executive Director Tim Kawahara found California’s housing market frozen...
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios Bets on Smartphone Dramas to Refill Hollywood Soundstages
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios is converting an 8,000-square-foot Hollywood soundstage into permitted, prebuilt sets aimed at smartphone-first vertical dramas, a bet that short-form...
Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Survey Finds CRE Distress Has Peaked as Deals Close Despite War-Driven Rate Spike
The Summer 2026 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey of California commercial real estate sentiment found that industry distress has peaked and transactions are...
Long Beach Bets $21.3MM on 11,000-Seat Waterfront Amphitheater to Replace Shrinking Oil Revenue
Long Beach opens the F&M Bank Amphitheater, a $21.3 million temporary venue beside the Queen Mary, this week, wagering that an 11,000-capacity concert...
The Heights at Ponte Vista Features Four Move In Ready Elevated Townhomes
The homes embrace coastal living and multi-generational flexibility for modern Southern California lifestyles New community alert! RC Homes, the California homebuilder known for...
Locked-In Borrowers, Rising Insurance and a Multifamily Rebound: Inside the UCLA Anderson Forecast Real Estate Panel
A UCLA Anderson Forecast expert panel moderated by UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate Executive Director Tim Kawahara found California’s housing market frozen...
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios Bets on Smartphone Dramas to Refill Hollywood Soundstages
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios is converting an 8,000-square-foot Hollywood soundstage into permitted, prebuilt sets aimed at smartphone-first vertical dramas, a bet that short-form...
Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Survey Finds CRE Distress Has Peaked as Deals Close Despite War-Driven Rate Spike
The Summer 2026 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey of California commercial real estate sentiment found that industry distress has peaked and transactions are...
Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink: Conversions Can Revive Downtown Los Angeles, If Leadership Shows Up
Speaking at the UCLA Anderson Forecast Summer 2026 Economic Outlook, Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink laid out an architect’s case for why experience, not...
Bridge Debt Moves From Stopgap to Primary Structure as $875B in CRE Loans Mature
With permanent lenders selective and $875 billion in commercial mortgages coming due, sponsors are routing transitional deals to debt funds offering speed, flexibility...
CalWest Clinches $55MM in Q1 Home Sales as San Diego Builder Doubles Down with 4.99% Rate Buydowns
The Carlsbad-based private developer sold 62 homes across its San Diego County communities in the first quarter and prepares to break ground on...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
Pacific Retail JV Negotiates Workout as $309MM Loan on 2MM SQFT Lakewood Center Reaches June Maturity
Less than a year after acquiring Lakewood Center from Macerich for $332.1 million, the joint venture of Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Lyon Living...
Southern California Industrial Markets Confront Record Vacancy as Port Activity and Private Capital Hold the Line
Marcus & Millichap’s midyear outlook ranks all four major SoCal metros in the bottom half of its 2026 National Industrial Properties Index, with...
Westport Doubles Down on Mid-City With Seven-Story US Storage Centers Tower Totaling 161,000 SQFT in Los Angeles
Irvine-based owner-operator pushes a self-storage redevelopment toward a hearing officer as Los Angeles deliveries surge and street rates climb across the metro Westport...
13-Unit Oceanview Apartment Property in Laguna Beach Trades for $10.425MM
The $801,923-per-unit deal for 222 Arch Street closed at nearly double Orange County’s average multifamily pricing, underscoring the premium investors continue to place...
Paulson Real Estate Lists for Sale 65,600 SQFT Dove Canyon Plaza in Rancho Santa Margarita at $28.99MM
The South Orange County retail center serving the Dove Canyon and Coto de Caza gated communities hits the market at a 6.50 percent...
Southern California Industrial Markets Confront Record Vacancy as Port Activity and Private Capital Hold the Line
Marcus & Millichap’s midyear outlook ranks all four major SoCal metros in the bottom half of its 2026 National Industrial Properties Index, with...
37,000 SQFT Montbleau & Associates HQ Hits Market for $11.7MM in San Diego
The San Diego headquarters of architectural millwork firm Montbleau & Associates, a 36,643-square-foot industrial facility located three miles from downtown, has been listed...
Southern California Industrial Markets Confront Record Vacancy as Port Activity and Private Capital Hold the Line
Marcus & Millichap’s midyear outlook ranks all four major SoCal metros in the bottom half of its 2026 National Industrial Properties Index, with...
Toronto-Listed Automotive Properties REIT Lands 59,800 SQFT Rivian-Leased Building in Vista for $16MM
A Canadian net-lease specialist plants its flag deeper in Southern California’s electric vehicle service economy, paying $267 per square foot for a single-tenant...
PCCP, Alliance Residential Pay $65.3MM for 184-Unit Hawthorne Apartments in Riverside
A joint venture of PCCP and Alliance Residential Co. has acquired The Hawthorne, a 184-unit garden-style community in Riverside, for $65.3 million, a...
Southern California Industrial Markets Confront Record Vacancy as Port Activity and Private Capital Hold the Line
Marcus & Millichap’s midyear outlook ranks all four major SoCal metros in the bottom half of its 2026 National Industrial Properties Index, with...
Craig Realty Group Lists 177,669-SQFT Outlets at Barstow for $79.7MM Along I-15 Las Vegas Corridor
(UPDATED: May 12, 2026) The outlet center, anchored by Nike, Lacoste, and Skechers, generates more than $6.9 million in first-year net operating income...
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....
Logos Faith Development Lands $15MM Loan for 62-Unit St. Rest Affordable Project in South Los Angeles
Backed by Sunflower Bank financing and a streamlined ED1 approval, the church-land development at 706 West 85th Street targets a fourth-quarter 2027 completion...
Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink: Conversions Can Revive Downtown Los Angeles, If Leadership Shows Up
Speaking at the UCLA Anderson Forecast Summer 2026 Economic Outlook, Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink laid out an architect’s case for why experience, not...
Chinatown Service Center Buys 25,300 SQFT Owner-User Office Building in San Gabriel for $8.2MM
SAN GABRIEL, Calif. – June 1, 2026 – CBRE facilitated the sale of a 25,320-square-foot office building at 526 West Las Tunas Drive...
Bridge Debt Moves From Stopgap to Primary Structure as $875B in CRE Loans Mature
With permanent lenders selective and $875 billion in commercial mortgages coming due, sponsors are routing transitional deals to debt funds offering speed, flexibility...
Rinks Foundation Pitches Three-Sheet Ice Complex at Escondido’s Kit Carson Park, Backed by $4MM Softball Field Relocation
The Escondido City Council unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with The Rinks Foundation to explore a privately funded three-sheet ice sports complex...
Sterling Bay, Harrison Street Clinch $290MM Refinancing for Sorrento Mesa Life Science Campus
Peregren Capital Group’s loan, with $162.5 million in future funding, gives the vacant Pacific Center runway to lease up in a market where...
CalWest Clinches $55MM in Q1 Home Sales as San Diego Builder Doubles Down with 4.99% Rate Buydowns
The Carlsbad-based private developer sold 62 homes across its San Diego County communities in the first quarter and prepares to break ground on...
Mass Timber Emerges as Embodied-Carbon Fix for Data Centers, Cutting Footprint Up to 60%
Engineers from Thornton Tomasetti and Gensler make the case that hybrid mass timber can slash data center embodied carbon and compress schedules without...
