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...
State Housing Law Forces West Hollywood to Greenlight Faring’s 126-Unit Bond Hotel and Residences
A 4-1 council vote ends a multi-year entitlement fight on Santa Monica Boulevard and clears one of the city’s most contested infill sites...
San Diego Council Backs State Bill Shielding 28 Acres of Mission Bay Commercial Sites From Housing Mandate
Unanimous endorsement of AB 2525 escalates a yearlong fight over whether California’s Surplus Land Act can reach into a dedicated public park to...
Rexford Industrial Sells 6.8-Acre Brea Development Site for $16.5MM
The Orange County land disposition lets the infill Southern California REIT preserve roughly $31MM in planned development spending as it pivots capital toward...
Rexford Industrial Posts Record 4.1MM SQFT Leasing Quarter as SoCal Industrial Market Searches for Bottom
The infill Southern California landlord raised full-year guidance and accelerated share buybacks even as re-leasing spreads turned negative and vacancy ticked higher across...
Inland Empire Retail Vacancy Rises to 6.3% as Average Sales Prices Drop Nearly 18% Year-Over-Year
Kidder Mathews’ 1Q 2026 report reveals a market caught between steady leasing demand and falling investment values, with construction deliveries slowing sharply across...
Greater Los Angeles Office Vacancy Edges Higher as Sublease Retreat and Rent Growth Signal Stabilizing Market
Colliers Q1 2026 data shows occupancy losses narrowing sharply across the region’s 210 million square feet of tracked inventory, with diversifying tenant demand...
San Diego Multifamily Vacancy Rises to 5.4% as Development Pipeline Contracts in Q1 2026
Flat rents and higher cap rates reflect a market adjusting to new supply and moderating investment conditions San Diego’s multifamily market entered 2026...
Affiliated Realty Lists 43,500 SQFT Burbank Office Building for $19.35MM as Owner-User Opportunity
Vacant four-story property at 2727 W. Alameda Ave. targets medical and entertainment tenants at $445 per square foot across from St. Joseph Hospital...
RxSight Renews 47,000 SQFT Aliso Viejo Lease at 75 Columbia in Long-Term Commitment
The publicly traded ophthalmic device maker reups at its core South County manufacturing and R&D campus as Aliso Viejo office activity continues to...
West Capital Lending Pays $23.75MM for 104,000 SQFT Irvine Office Building in HQ Move
The mortgage brokerage takes half the Class A Airport Area building for its new corporate headquarters in an owner-user acquisition priced 30 percent...
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...
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...
State Housing Law Forces West Hollywood to Greenlight Faring’s 126-Unit Bond Hotel and Residences
A 4-1 council vote ends a multi-year entitlement fight on Santa Monica Boulevard and clears one of the city’s most contested infill sites...
San Diego Council Backs State Bill Shielding 28 Acres of Mission Bay Commercial Sites From Housing Mandate
Unanimous endorsement of AB 2525 escalates a yearlong fight over whether California’s Surplus Land Act can reach into a dedicated public park to...
Rexford Industrial Posts Record 4.1MM SQFT Leasing Quarter as SoCal Industrial Market Searches for Bottom
The infill Southern California landlord raised full-year guidance and accelerated share buybacks even as re-leasing spreads turned negative and vacancy ticked higher across...
Inland Empire Retail Vacancy Rises to 6.3% as Average Sales Prices Drop Nearly 18% Year-Over-Year
Kidder Mathews’ 1Q 2026 report reveals a market caught between steady leasing demand and falling investment values, with construction deliveries slowing sharply across...
Greater Los Angeles Office Vacancy Edges Higher as Sublease Retreat and Rent Growth Signal Stabilizing Market
Colliers Q1 2026 data shows occupancy losses narrowing sharply across the region’s 210 million square feet of tracked inventory, with diversifying tenant demand...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
Church of Scientology Lands Distressed Mama Shelter Hollywood Hotel for $16MM
The 70-room property changed hands at $229,000 per key after a $13.3 million CMBS loan went into default, drawing 13 bidders to a...
Sony’s Insomniac Games Renews and Expands to 65,000 SQFT at Burbank’s Media Studios Campus
The award-winning video game studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man deepens its commitment to a campus it has occupied for over two decades. Sony Interactive...
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...
Rexford Industrial Sells 6.8-Acre Brea Development Site for $16.5MM
The Orange County land disposition lets the infill Southern California REIT preserve roughly $31MM in planned development spending as it pivots capital toward...
Rancho Mission Viejo Announces 232 New Homes for Village of Rienda Final Phase
Single-family homes in three new all-age neighborhoods from Trumark Homes, Lennar, and Shea Homes coming Fall 2026 Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif. (April 1,...
Orange County Office Availability Falls to Lowest Level Since 2020 as Shrinking Inventory Reshapes the Market
Savills reports a 340-basis-point year-over-year drop in availability and a 4 million-square-foot reduction in office inventory since 2023, while Q1 leasing activity tracks...
San Diego Council Backs State Bill Shielding 28 Acres of Mission Bay Commercial Sites From Housing Mandate
Unanimous endorsement of AB 2525 escalates a yearlong fight over whether California’s Surplus Land Act can reach into a dedicated public park to...
Southern California’s Medical Outpatient Sector Faces Diverging Fortunes as Supply Constraints and Policy Risk Reshape the Market
JLL’s 2026 Medical Outpatient Building Perspective finds Los Angeles locked in a near-zero construction pipeline while San Diego builds modest new inventory, even...
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...
Rexford Industrial Sells 6.8-Acre Brea Development Site for $16.5MM
The Orange County land disposition lets the infill Southern California REIT preserve roughly $31MM in planned development spending as it pivots capital toward...
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....
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....
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...
West Capital Lending Pays $23.75MM for 104,000 SQFT Irvine Office Building in HQ Move
The mortgage brokerage takes half the Class A Airport Area building for its new corporate headquarters in an owner-user acquisition priced 30 percent...
Entitled Beverly Hills High-Rise Site Hits Market With No Height Limit for Luxury Hotel and Residences Tower
The approximately half-acre parcel carries entitlements for up to 311,000 square feet of mixed-use development with no height restriction, positioned directly across from...
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...
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...
Blackstone’s $315B Real Estate Machine Pivots Hard to Data Centers as Traditional Portfolio Treads Water
The world’s largest alternative asset manager is betting its real estate franchise on AI infrastructure while waiting for logistics and multifamily to rebound...
Five Point Posts Q1 Loss, Launches $40MM Buyback as California Land Sales Slide to Back Half
The Irvine developer is holding fire on major land deals until the third and fourth quarters, betting that patience preserves pricing power in...
State Compensation Insurance Fund Acquires 159,000 SQFT Pasadena Tower for ~$33MM, a 43%Discount to Swift’s 2019 Basis
California’s public workers’ compensation carrier plans to anchor the nine-story Class A building as a Southern California hub while leasing the balance to...
Regency Centers Clears Redlands City Council for 71,400 SQFT Whole Foods Center Serving 1,000 New Homes
Jacksonville REIT’s $668MM development pipeline gains another Inland Empire anchor as 210 Freeway corridor absorbs a wave of residential growth. Regency Centers has...
