CMBS Lender Moves to Take Control of Fallas Family’s 88-Unit Metropolitan Building in Downtown Los Angeles After $32MM Default
A judicial foreclosure action filed this month against the Fallas family’s landmark Metropolitan building at 449 South Broadway has put one of Downtown...
Newly Built 64,000 SQFT Simi Valley Warehouse Lists for $19MM Below Cost as Default Notice Clouds 2680 Westhills Court
A four-year-old, never-occupied industrial building on the 118 Freeway has come to market at $19 million, less than its owner paid in 2022...
Kingsbarn, Kelemen Secure Approval for 480-Unit Terravita Conversion of 18.5-Acre Laguna Hills Office Campus
Meeting as the city’s Planning Agency, the Laguna Hills City Council voted 4-1 to let Kingsbarn Capital & Development and Irvine-based Kelemen Company...
Wells Fargo: Fed Poised for Extended Hold as Warsh Era Opens Amid Sticky Inflation
Wells Fargo economists expect the Federal Reserve to sit on the sidelines for an extended period as new Chair Kevin Warsh takes the...
San Diego Rides National Lab Rebound as Pfizer’s 230,000 SQFT Torrey View Deal Anchors Recovery
San Diego has landed among the four markets leading the U.S. life sciences real estate recovery, buoyed by the region’s largest lab lease...
CalPERS Deploys $2.95B Across Real Estate and Infrastructure, Anchored by $2B Top-Up to GIP Redwood Platform
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has approved nearly $3 billion in new real assets commitments, concentrating the bulk of its firepower on...
Columbia Pacific Lists Former World’s Gym Site on Abbot Kinney for 148-Unit Venice Residential Play
Columbia Pacific Advisors has brought to market a 0.68-acre development site at the corner of Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Main Street in Venice,...
HVN Development Doubles Down on Westchester With 77-Unit Affordable Housing Filing on Reading Avenue
HVN Development has filed plans with Los Angeles city planners for a five-story, 77-unit, fully affordable apartment building at 8811 S. Reading Avenue,...
Bay Club Buys Land Under 100,000 SQFT El Segundo Club Campus from Continental Development for $42MM
The Bay Club Company has paid $42 million to take full ownership of the 5.4-acre campus housing Bay Club El Segundo, exercising a...
California Exports Climb 7.7% in April, But Gains Reflect Pre-War Orders, Beacon Economics Says
California’s merchandise exports posted a solid year-over-year gain in April even as the state ceded ground to Texas on both sides of the...
Simon’s Shops at Mission Viejo Lands Tommy Bahama, Blue Bottle and Gus’s BBQ for New Outdoor Dining District
The Shops at Mission Viejo is filling out the tenant roster for its open-air redevelopment, adding Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar, Blue Bottle Coffee...
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...
Wells Fargo: Fed Poised for Extended Hold as Warsh Era Opens Amid Sticky Inflation
Wells Fargo economists expect the Federal Reserve to sit on the sidelines for an extended period as new Chair Kevin Warsh takes the...
San Diego Rides National Lab Rebound as Pfizer’s 230,000 SQFT Torrey View Deal Anchors Recovery
San Diego has landed among the four markets leading the U.S. life sciences real estate recovery, buoyed by the region’s largest lab lease...
CalPERS Deploys $2.95B Across Real Estate and Infrastructure, Anchored by $2B Top-Up to GIP Redwood Platform
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has approved nearly $3 billion in new real assets commitments, concentrating the bulk of its firepower on...
California Exports Climb 7.7% in April, But Gains Reflect Pre-War Orders, Beacon Economics Says
California’s merchandise exports posted a solid year-over-year gain in April even as the state ceded ground to Texas on both sides of the...
Infill Retail and Grocery Owners Land EV Fast-Charging Leases the Big REITs Can’t Reach
A surge of letters of intent for DC fast charging is flowing to single-property and small-portfolio retail and grocery owners in high-adoption markets,...
San Diego Outscores Los Angeles on Downtown Vibrancy as Gensler Maps Southern California’s CBD Divide
San Diego emerged as Southern California’s downtown standout in Gensler’s latest global study of urban experience, posting the region’s strongest vibrancy score while...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
CMBS Lender Moves to Take Control of Fallas Family’s 88-Unit Metropolitan Building in Downtown Los Angeles After $32MM Default
A judicial foreclosure action filed this month against the Fallas family’s landmark Metropolitan building at 449 South Broadway has put one of Downtown...
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...
Kingsbarn, Kelemen Secure Approval for 480-Unit Terravita Conversion of 18.5-Acre Laguna Hills Office Campus
Meeting as the city’s Planning Agency, the Laguna Hills City Council voted 4-1 to let Kingsbarn Capital & Development and Irvine-based Kelemen Company...
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...
San Diego Rides National Lab Rebound as Pfizer’s 230,000 SQFT Torrey View Deal Anchors Recovery
San Diego has landed among the four markets leading the U.S. life sciences real estate recovery, buoyed by the region’s largest lab lease...
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...
ViewSonic Corporation Signs 171,900 SQFT Industrial Lease at Ontario Ranch Business Park
The display technology company’s move into Building 2 at REDA and Clarion Partners’ master-planned development — brokered by Newmark’s David Kluth and Nathan...
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...
Southern California Construction Loses 13,800 Jobs as Every Major Metro Contracts
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim shed 6,200 construction jobs while the Inland Empire dropped 2,900 and San Diego gave back 1,500, signaling a region-wide pullback...
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....
Fully Leased 33,000 SQFT Foothill Ranch Strip Center The Village Hits Market for $24.6MM in Lake Forest
The Village, a fully occupied daily-needs retail strip center in the Foothill Ranch area of Lake Forest, has hit the market for $24.6...
Gee Automotive Lands Irvine Auto Center Ford-Lincoln Site for $45.9MM in Tuttle-Click Buyout
A Washington-based dealership group has planted its flag at the Irvine Auto Center, paying nearly $46 million for the Ford-Lincoln real estate as...
Rockpoint Acquires 97-Unit Wilshire Margot in Westwood Following $99.2MM Loan Default
Boston private equity firm Rockpoint has taken control of the Wilshire Margot, a 97-unit Westwood apartment tower whose prior ownership entity had defaulted...
Affinius Capital Lands $120MM Refinancing of AAA Management’s 302-Unit Elowen Tower in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa
Affinius Capital has closed a $120 million loan to refinance Elowen, a newly built 302-unit luxury apartment tower in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa...
Infill Retail and Grocery Owners Land EV Fast-Charging Leases the Big REITs Can’t Reach
A surge of letters of intent for DC fast charging is flowing to single-property and small-portfolio retail and grocery owners in high-adoption markets,...
Meritage Homes Buys Aliso Viejo Office Site for $14MM, Clearing the Way for 61 Townhomes
Meritage Homes has acquired a vacant Class B office complex in Aliso Viejo for $14 million and will demolish it to build 61...
New American Funding Razes Tustin Office for 104,000 SQFT Industrial Building Built for Advanced Manufacturing
New American Funding has begun tearing down a vacant 1970s office building at 14511 Myford Road in Tustin to make way for a...
OlivePoint Capital Lands 40,500 SQFT Hawthorne Airport Hangar Campus for $32.5MM
OlivePoint Capital has acquired the fully leased, five-building hangar campus at 3507 Jack Northrop Avenue adjacent to Hawthorne Municipal Airport for $32.5 million,...
