H.wood Group Lands Alphabet Bar & Grill Lease at Caruso’s 125,000 SQFT Palisades Village Reopening in Pacific Palisades
The H.wood Group has secured a lease for Alphabet Bar & Grill at Rick Caruso's Palisades Village, joining the tenant roster set to...
Brokers Turn to Autonomous AI Agents to Automate Rent Comp Tracking
Commercial real estate brokers are increasingly handing rote market research to autonomous AI agents that assemble proprietary comp databases and monitor rival properties...
Toronto Exhibitor Leases Westwood’s Historic Bruin Theater, Targets Mid-October Reopening
A Toronto-based independent exhibitor has leased Westwood's shuttered Bruin Theater from the Skouras family, aiming to restore first-run cinema to a neighborhood that...
HomeFed Completes 267-Unit, AO-Designed Luminary at Cota Vera in Chula Vista with a Pool-First Entrance
AO's newly completed Luminary at Cota Vera in Chula Vista and The Brynn at Civita in Mission Valley show how San Diego County...
Asian American Museum at Great Park Advances 220,000 SQFT Irvine Campus, Seeks $75MM for Phase I
The nonprofit behind the planned Asian American Museum at Great Park has laid out a phased development strategy for its 220,000-square-foot Irvine campus...
Fallas Family’s 88-Unit Metropolitan in Downtown LA Heads to Receivership as $32MM CMBS Loan Hits Foreclosure
A Los Angeles judge has handed control of the historic 88-unit Metropolitan on Broadway to a receiver while lender Natixis and special servicer...
Lincoln Property Sells 282,000 SQFT Orange Center Tower for $63MM in Orange, a $29MM Loss
Lincoln Property Company has unloaded the 14-story Orange Center Tower across from Angel Stadium in the City of Orange for $63.1 million, absorbing...
Newport Beach Commits $1.5MM to Study Police Headquarters Move to Civic Center Park
A Newport Beach City Council majority has authorized roughly $1.5 million to study relocating the police department to Civic Center Park, advancing a...
First Citizens Bank Acquires 165,000 SQFT Del Mar Heights Office Campus from PGIM in San Diego
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company has acquired a pair of newly renovated, LEED Gold-certified office buildings on High Bluff Drive in San Diego's...
Irvine Lands Pioneer League Baseball Team at Great Park Stadium in Five-Year Operating Deal
The Irvine City Council approved a five-year operating agreement with Palo Alto-based Innovation Baseball Partners to launch a professional Pioneer League team at...
Family-Sized Apartments Anchor 93-Unit Development Approved at 8465 North Glenoaks Boulevard in Sun Valley
Glenoaks Hills Rentals Inc. has secured approval for a four-story, 93-unit apartment building in Sun Valley that leans hard into larger family units,...
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...
Brokers Turn to Autonomous AI Agents to Automate Rent Comp Tracking
Commercial real estate brokers are increasingly handing rote market research to autonomous AI agents that assemble proprietary comp databases and monitor rival properties...
Asian American Museum at Great Park Advances 220,000 SQFT Irvine Campus, Seeks $75MM for Phase I
The nonprofit behind the planned Asian American Museum at Great Park has laid out a phased development strategy for its 220,000-square-foot Irvine campus...
Family-Sized Apartments Anchor 93-Unit Development Approved at 8465 North Glenoaks Boulevard in Sun Valley
Glenoaks Hills Rentals Inc. has secured approval for a four-story, 93-unit apartment building in Sun Valley that leans hard into larger family units,...
Essex Property Trust Settles RealPage Rent-Algorithm Antitrust Case for $36.5MM
Essex Property Trust used its second-quarter earnings report to disclose it had fully resolved the closely watched antitrust claims tied to RealPage’s rent-setting...
Essex’s Southern California Apartments Hold Steady as Orange County Leads Q2 Rent Growth
Essex Property Trust’s Southern California apartments delivered steady if unspectacular growth in the second quarter of 2026, with Orange County and Ventura outpacing...
Orange County and San Diego Lead Southern California Rebound in Summer 2026 Allen Matkins Survey as Multifamily Construction Pulls Back
Southern California’s commercial real estate recovery is broadening across office, industrial, and retail, but a sharp retreat in multifamily construction plans signals that...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
H.wood Group Lands Alphabet Bar & Grill Lease at Caruso’s 125,000 SQFT Palisades Village Reopening in Pacific Palisades
The H.wood Group has secured a lease for Alphabet Bar & Grill at Rick Caruso's Palisades Village, joining the tenant roster set to...
Wellpointe Unveils $2B, 3,458-Unit “Viva” Affordable Senior Housing Complex at Warner Center in Woodland Hills
Wellpointe is pulling the curtain back on Viva, a four-tower, 100 percent affordable senior housing complex in Woodland Hills that would rank among...
Southern California Retail Dollar Volume Jumps 61.8% to $3.52B in H1 2026 Even as Square Footage Traded Falls 27.7%
Buyers and sellers of Southern California retail property have finally found each other on price, and the result is a first half in...
Asian American Museum at Great Park Advances 220,000 SQFT Irvine Campus, Seeks $75MM for Phase I
The nonprofit behind the planned Asian American Museum at Great Park has laid out a phased development strategy for its 220,000-square-foot Irvine campus...
Southern California Retail Dollar Volume Jumps 61.8% to $3.52B in H1 2026 Even as Square Footage Traded Falls 27.7%
Buyers and sellers of Southern California retail property have finally found each other on price, and the result is a first half in...
Orange Turns Vacant Storefronts Into Revenue With Weekly Fees and $5,000 Fines
The City of Orange has advanced a maintenance-and-security ordinance that converts its inventory of empty commercial buildings from a code-enforcement headache into a...
HomeFed Completes 267-Unit, AO-Designed Luminary at Cota Vera in Chula Vista with a Pool-First Entrance
AO's newly completed Luminary at Cota Vera in Chula Vista and The Brynn at Civita in Mission Valley show how San Diego County...
Quantum-Si Signs 10-Year, 54,000 SQFT Lease at Sterling Bay and Harrison Street’s Pacific Center in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa
Protein-sequencing company Quantum-Si has committed to 54,374 square feet at Pacific Center in Sorrento Mesa under a 10-year lease that carries 20 months...
Apple Renews 197,000 SQFT in San Diego’s Rancho Bernardo, Anchoring the Quarter’s Largest Office Lease
Apple’s decision to renew nearly 197,000 square feet at 16620 West Bernardo Drive single-handedly propelled the I-15 Corridor to the top of San...
Wood Investment Companies Opens 150,000 SQFT Target on Former Regency Theatres Site at Plaza de Perris
Newport Beach-based Wood Investment Companies has replaced a shuttered Perris movie theater with a full-format Target, converting dead entertainment space into essential retail...
Southern California Retail Dollar Volume Jumps 61.8% to $3.52B in H1 2026 Even as Square Footage Traded Falls 27.7%
Buyers and sellers of Southern California retail property have finally found each other on price, and the result is a first half in...
EQT Acquires 667,000 SQFT Interchange Logistics Center Portfolio in San Bernardino for $119.5MM from Cabot
Boston-based Cabot Properties has sold a fully specified three-building warehouse portfolio at Interchange Logistics Center to global investment firm EQT, handing the buyer...
McNellis: In Denial Over the New Normal
By John McNellis Developers always crash and burn in the movies. The eternal bad guy, the developers’ heinous plans to pave a beach,...
The Art of the Quiet Exit, A Hudson Pacific Story
Hudson Pacific’s COO resigned with the usual boilerplate denial attached—but after a $572 million annual loss, a scrapped dividend and a stock down...
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...
24,000 SQFT Hacienda Village Retail Center Sells for $13MM in Hacienda Heights
A Los Angeles-based private investor has acquired Hacienda Village, a fully leased 23,645-square-foot shopping center in Hacienda Heights, for $13 million, wagering on...
Essex Property Trust Settles RealPage Rent-Algorithm Antitrust Case for $36.5MM
Essex Property Trust used its second-quarter earnings report to disclose it had fully resolved the closely watched antitrust claims tied to RealPage’s rent-setting...
Wood Investment Companies Opens 150,000 SQFT Target on Former Regency Theatres Site at Plaza de Perris
Newport Beach-based Wood Investment Companies has replaced a shuttered Perris movie theater with a full-format Target, converting dead entertainment space into essential retail...
30-Unit Van Nuys Apartment Property Sells for $9.5MM in Lake Balboa
A newer-vintage, 30-unit apartment property in the Lake Balboa neighborhood of Van Nuys changed hands for the first time since it was built,...
Essex’s Southern California Apartments Hold Steady as Orange County Leads Q2 Rent Growth
Essex Property Trust’s Southern California apartments delivered steady if unspectacular growth in the second quarter of 2026, with Orange County and Ventura outpacing...
AGQ USA Leases 22,000 SQFT Class A Industrial Facility in Camarillo with Three-Year Purchase Option
A global testing laboratory deepened its Ventura County footprint by committing to a modern Camarillo industrial building on a lease structured to hand...
MDNI Group Acquires 28-Unit Ocean Avenue Multifamily Property in Santa Monica for $23.46MM
A private local buyer has landed a rare bluff-top apartment building on one of Santa Monica’s most tightly held corridors, closing an all-cash...
Orange County and San Diego Lead Southern California Rebound in Summer 2026 Allen Matkins Survey as Multifamily Construction Pulls Back
Southern California’s commercial real estate recovery is broadening across office, industrial, and retail, but a sharp retreat in multifamily construction plans signals that...
