Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
Columbia Container Lines Clinches 156,000 SQFT Fullerton Lease in $13.6MM Deal
Freight forwarder relocates from Gardena and expands its footprint at CIM Group’s Northpoint Commerce Center as Orange County industrial market navigates a softening...
Mayer, Hyatt Line Up $200MM Cash-Out Refi on Huntington Beach Oceanfront Resort
The proposed five-year, interest-only loan would retire $182 million in maturing debt and return more than $12 million in equity to ownership, signaling...
OC Supervisors Clear 181-Unit Saddleback Meadows Project in Trabuco Canyon After Denying Conservationist Appeal
California Quartet’s long-stalled foothills development overcomes wildfire and environmental challenges as supervisors rule prior approvals are legally locked in. Orange County’s Board of...
JPMorgan Chase Anchors Pasadena’s South Lake Corridor With 26,000 SQFT New Lease
The nation’s largest bank lands a new 25,901-SQFT footprint at 201 S. Lake Avenue, signaling renewed financial-sector demand in a Pasadena office market...
Fremantle Plants 27,000 SQFT Flag at 800 N. Brand in Glendale
The international production powerhouse signs a new Glendale lease as the submarket shed 90,865 SQFT in Q1, betting on California’s expanded film tax...
San Diego Office Market Holds at 13.6% Vacancy as Leasing Slows and Sales Activity Surges to 2.3MM SQFT in Q1
Demand remains selective across submarkets as rents stabilize near $3.14 PSF and investment activity shifts toward discounted and value-add opportunities San Diego’s office...
South Bay Office Vacancy Hits 23.6% as Leasing Activity Outpaces 2025 Average
Leasing volume climbs to 672,494 square feet while aerospace and automotive tenants continue to anchor demand across key submarkets A gradual reset continues...
Deerfield Center Brings 369-Unit Mixed-Use Development to Monterey Park’s Atlantic-Garvey Corridor
Pasadena-based Tecton Group plans five-story project with 20,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and subterranean parking on a 1.75-acre site acquired in...
Public Records Show Shopoff Paid $144.2MM for Final Westminster Mall Parcel, Lifting Bolsa Pacific Assemblage to Roughly $290MM
Irvine-based developer’s recorded grant deed values the 726,158-SQFT acquisition at $198.55 per square foot, capping a four-year land play as demolition begins on...
Epoch Times Locks in 27,000 SQFT Lease at Irvine’s Market Place Center
The independent newspaper converts its sublease footprint into a direct deal, cementing the entire first floor at 330 Commerce Drive as its Southern...
Latitude 33 Recruits Top Talent and Signs New Lease in Los Angeles
Engineering Firm Grows with Key Hire and Larger Downtown LA Office San Diego, CA, April 23, 2026 – As demand for commercial real...
Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
Mayer, Hyatt Line Up $200MM Cash-Out Refi on Huntington Beach Oceanfront Resort
The proposed five-year, interest-only loan would retire $182 million in maturing debt and return more than $12 million in equity to ownership, signaling...
San Diego Office Market Holds at 13.6% Vacancy as Leasing Slows and Sales Activity Surges to 2.3MM SQFT in Q1
Demand remains selective across submarkets as rents stabilize near $3.14 PSF and investment activity shifts toward discounted and value-add opportunities San Diego’s office...
South Bay Office Vacancy Hits 23.6% as Leasing Activity Outpaces 2025 Average
Leasing volume climbs to 672,494 square feet while aerospace and automotive tenants continue to anchor demand across key submarkets A gradual reset continues...
H.G. Fenton Lands Kearny Mesa West Business Park in $74.15MM San Diego Industrial Play
The 210,916-SQFT acquisition from CIM Group headlines a quarter in which buyers grew more selective and pricing slipped to $307 per square foot....
Orange County Office Vacancy Falls to 17% as 320,000 SQFT Absorption Signals Early 2026 Momentum
Leasing activity holds near prior-year pace with 1.4MM SQFT signed, while sublease space continues a multi-quarter decline A steadier tone is beginning to...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
Defense Drone Manufacturer Neros Technologies Subleases 252,000 SQFT Facility in LA’s South Bay
The fast-growing defense startup expands its industrial footprint near its El Segundo headquarters as part of a broader manufacturing scale-up. Neros Technologies, an...
Satellite Ground Station Maker Northwood Space Leases 180,000 SQFT Facility in Los Angeles
The venture-backed space infrastructure startup expands its Torrance manufacturing operations following a $100 million Series B round and a major U.S. Space Force...
Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
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...
Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
Groundworks Signs Long-Term Lease at Investcorp’s 35,000 SQFT Industrial Facility in San Marcos
Cushman & Wakefield represented landlord Investcorp in securing a full-building user along San Diego County’s SR 78 corridor. Cushman & Wakefield has arranged...
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...
Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
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...
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....
LA County Industrial Sales Volume Hits $1.2B as Buyers and Sellers Find Common Ground on Pricing
Quarterly sales volume rises 12.9% quarter-over-quarter as the development pipeline hits its steepest decline since the Great Recession. By J.C. Casillas, Managing Director of...
MUFG Bank Secures 27,000 SQFT Lease at 140 State College in Brea
The Japanese banking giant doubles down on a freeway-fronting Class A asset on the 57, anchoring a North Orange County submarket where direct...
Pan-Pacific Mechanical Lands 44,430 SQFT Lease at Irvine Innovation Office Park
The 77-year-old Fountain Valley mechanical contractor pivots its Orange County footprint toward the Irvine Spectrum, signaling renewed corporate appetite for the South County...
Leon Max Lands 46,460 SQFT Sublease at 465 N. Halstead in Pasadena
The Pasadena-based fashion house pivots to a sublease at the LPC West and Angelo Gordon-owned campus as Tri-Cities sublease availability holds at 4.7...
LA County Splits Marquee Alhambra Renewal Into Twin Leases Worth $15.4MM
The County’s Department of Health Services and Department of Public Health re-signed for 50,547 SQFT at The Ratkovich Company’s Alhambra campus in a...
H.G. Fenton Lands Kearny Mesa West Business Park in $74.15MM San Diego Industrial Play
The 210,916-SQFT acquisition from CIM Group headlines a quarter in which buyers grew more selective and pricing slipped to $307 per square foot....
Orange County Office Vacancy Falls to 17% as 320,000 SQFT Absorption Signals Early 2026 Momentum
Leasing activity holds near prior-year pace with 1.4MM SQFT signed, while sublease space continues a multi-quarter decline A steadier tone is beginning to...
San Diego Retail Vacancy Hits 4.6% as Pricing Pulls Back and Leasing Activity Holds
Rising vacancy and shifting pricing metrics are beginning to define the next phase of San Diego’s retail market, even as tenant demand continues...
Real Onyx Management Group Lists 92,000 SQFT Towne Square East Plaza in Palmdale for $18.7MM
Opportunity Zone shopping center anchored by Crunch Fitness hits the market at a 7.55 percent cap rate with 3.75 acres of developable land...
