Universal Music Signs 51,000 SQFT at Kilroy’s Santa Monica Media Center as Southern California Demand Rebuilds
Kilroy Realty pointed to a Universal Music Group lease that filled its Santa Monica Media Center and to firming demand from Beverly Hills...
Savills Completes $1.11B Acquisition of Santa Monica-Based Eastdil Secured
Savills Plc has closed its roughly $1.11 billion acquisition of Eastdil Secured, the Santa Monica-headquartered capital markets bank, keeping one of the combined...
Step Up Housing Acquires 138-Unit Terramonte at Foothill in Pomona for $36.7MM
Step Up Housing has purchased Terramonte at Foothill, a low-density 138-unit community on Pomona’s Route 66 corridor, wagering that a widening gap between...
S3 Hotel Group Buys 149-Room Hyatt House Near John Wayne Airport for $38MM in Irvine
Irvine-based S3 Hotel Group has acquired the 149-room Hyatt House adjacent to John Wayne Airport for $38 million, roughly $4 million below its...
Kilroy Weighs Sale or Re-Lease of 720,000 SQFT El Segundo Campus as DIRECTV-AT&T Lease Nears 2027 Expiration
Kilroy Realty told investors it will pursue either a re-lease or an outright sale of its roughly 720,000-square-foot Kilroy Airport Center in El...
Jamison Pivots to 147-Unit Affordable Complex at 975 S. Manhattan Place in LA’s Koreatown
The Los Angeles developer has scrapped a previously approved 120-unit market-rate apartment plan at 975 S. Manhattan Place in favor of a fully...
UC Regents Acquire 16-Property, 182,000 SQFT Westwood Village Portfolio for $49.8MM from Anderson Family
The Regents of the University of California quietly closed on a 16-parcel block of retail and office space steps from UCLA's campus, deepening...
Southern California Hotel Sales Surge 57% to $990MM in First Half of 2026, Led by Los Angeles
Southern California hotel transactions climbed to 60 in the first six months of 2026 while dollar volume jumped 57 percent to $989.6 million,...
After NeueHouse’s Collapse, Developers Double Down on LA Creator Real Estate
A NeueHouse liquidation and a wave of new creator-focused clubs, campuses and hourly studios are testing whether Southern California's podcasters, YouTubers and influencers...
Federal Realty Signs Bass Pro Shops, AMC at Grossmont Center, Launches $56MM San Diego Redevelopment
Federal Realty Investment Trust used its second-quarter earnings call to spotlight a pair of transformational anchor leases at Grossmont Center in La Mesa,...
Henderson Park and Lowe Acquire 1,031,000 SQFT Plaza Bonita Mall in National City
The partnership between international private equity firm Henderson Park and Los Angeles-based developer Lowe has taken control of one of San Diego County's...
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...
Universal Music Signs 51,000 SQFT at Kilroy’s Santa Monica Media Center as Southern California Demand Rebuilds
Kilroy Realty pointed to a Universal Music Group lease that filled its Santa Monica Media Center and to firming demand from Beverly Hills...
Southern California Hotel Sales Surge 57% to $990MM in First Half of 2026, Led by Los Angeles
Southern California hotel transactions climbed to 60 in the first six months of 2026 while dollar volume jumped 57 percent to $989.6 million,...
After NeueHouse’s Collapse, Developers Double Down on LA Creator Real Estate
A NeueHouse liquidation and a wave of new creator-focused clubs, campuses and hourly studios are testing whether Southern California's podcasters, YouTubers and influencers...
California’s $17.40 Minimum Wage Takes Effect in 2027, Stacking Onto Southern California Mandates
California's minimum wage climbs to $17.40 in 2027, adding to a stack of Southern California local and sector wage mandates.
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...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
Universal Music Signs 51,000 SQFT at Kilroy’s Santa Monica Media Center as Southern California Demand Rebuilds
Kilroy Realty pointed to a Universal Music Group lease that filled its Santa Monica Media Center and to firming demand from Beverly Hills...
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...
S3 Hotel Group Buys 149-Room Hyatt House Near John Wayne Airport for $38MM in Irvine
Irvine-based S3 Hotel Group has acquired the 149-room Hyatt House adjacent to John Wayne Airport for $38 million, roughly $4 million below its...
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...
Universal Music Signs 51,000 SQFT at Kilroy’s Santa Monica Media Center as Southern California Demand Rebuilds
Kilroy Realty pointed to a Universal Music Group lease that filled its Santa Monica Media Center and to firming demand from Beverly Hills...
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...
Southern California Hotel Sales Surge 57% to $990MM in First Half of 2026, Led by Los Angeles
Southern California hotel transactions climbed to 60 in the first six months of 2026 while dollar volume jumped 57 percent to $989.6 million,...
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...
VA Takes Ownership of $205MM, 200,000 SQFT Spinal Cord Injury Hospital at San Diego’s Jennifer Moreno Campus
The federal government has formally accepted a new $205 million spinal cord injury hospital at the Jennifer Moreno VA Medical Center in San...
Zephyr Breaks Ground on 223-Unit Perry’s Cafe Redevelopment on $9MM Old Town Site in San Diego
Zephyr is building 223 apartments on the former Perry's Cafe site in San Diego's Old Town, with delivery slated for early 2028.
California’s $17.40 Minimum Wage Takes Effect in 2027, Stacking Onto Southern California Mandates
California's minimum wage climbs to $17.40 in 2027, adding to a stack of Southern California local and sector wage mandates.
Riboli Family Advances 233,000 SQFT Grimshaw-Designed Office Project on Downtown LA Parking Lot as Submarket Vacancy Tops 24%
The Riboli family advances a 232,802 SQFT Grimshaw-designed office project on a downtown LA parking lot as the submarket's vacancy tops 24 percent.
Private Investor Lands 145,000 SQFT Former Nordstrom Anchor at Galleria at Tyler for $10.5MM in Riverside
A private investor bought the 145,258 SF former Nordstrom anchor at Riverside's Galleria at Tyler for $10.5MM in a five-offer bidding contest.
World’s First Motel Site in San Luis Obispo Hits Market, Entitled for 83-Room Hotel Redevelopment
Hayes Commercial Group has brought the 4.21-acre Motel Inn property in San Luis Obispo, the century-old site credited as the world's first motel,...
SB 958 Advances in Sacramento, Offering Midway Rising a Path Past San Diego’s 30-Foot Height Limit
A California bill that would bar building height from counting as an environmental impact has cleared a key Assembly committee, handing the stalled...
San Diego Completes $6.6MM Accessibility Overhaul of Clairemont’s Olive Grove Community Park After Delays
The City of San Diego reopened the 9.2-acre Olive Grove Community Park in Clairemont on July 28 following a $6.6 million accessibility reconstruction...
