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Surge in Aerospace & Defense Funding Drives Record Southern California Leasing Demand

A surge of venture capital flowing into Southern California's aerospace and defense companies is translating directly into industrial real estate, driving record leasing...

MobilityWare Lands 51,000 SQFT at Irvine Company’s 440 Exchange as Tech Powers 11MM SQFT Leasing Year

Mobile game developer MobilityWare has committed to 50,900 square feet at Irvine Company's 440 Exchange in the Irvine Spectrum, a technology-driven deal that...

Long Beach City College Razes 70-Year-Old Veterans Memorial Stadium for $250MM, 18-Acre Sports Complex

Long Beach City College has begun tearing down the 70-year-old Veterans Memorial Stadium to make way for an 18-acre, $250 million athletic and...

La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club Launches $40MM Guest-Room Phase of $60MM Renovation, Targeting Memorial Day 2027

La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club has launched the guest-room phase of a $60 million overhaul of its 21-acre oceanfront property, the largest...

Lennar Advances 1,251-Home Shafter Neighborhood Squarely in California High-Speed Rail’s Path

Homebuilder Lennar has secured tentative Shafter approval for the final phase of its Gossamer Grove community, planting more than 1,200 single-family lots directly...

Advantech Lands in Tustin with 189,000 SQFT North American Headquarters on Former Marine Base

Taiwanese industrial-computing giant Advantech has consolidated its North American operations into a new 10-acre, two-building campus at Tustin Legacy, staking a long-term claim...

45,700 SQFT Former Best Buy Site Near Village at Orange Mall Trades for $24.3MM

A vacant big-box building next to one of Orange County’s aging enclosed malls just sold for more than $500 per square foot —...

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Turtle Creek Apartments Trades for $34.5MM in Riverside at 4.33% Cap Rate

CBRE brokers the $34.5MM sale of the 98-unit Turtle Creek Apartments in Riverside, including a rare HUD loan assumption at a 4.33% cap...

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Premier Workspaces Locks In Long-Term Lease for 18,000 SQFT Flex Office at Irvine Spectrum Center

Premier Workspaces has signed a long-term lease to keep its 17,714-square-foot flexible office center on the ninth floor of the Irvine Company's 100...

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Paseo Carlsbad Retail Center Hits the Market at $25.3MM, a 45,000 SQFT Coastal Play Off Interstate 5

The 44,722-square-foot, 93-percent-leased center at 5617 Paseo Del Norte is being offered through CBRE with projected income growth topping 42 percent, positioning it...

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Kern County Pension Commits $160MM to Real Estate Debt, Backing Hudson Bay, TPG and Hines Funds

The $6 billion Bakersfield pension fund split its latest real estate wager across three sharply different lending plays — opportunistic East Coast debt,...

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L.A. Permits More Than 8,800 Homes in First Half of 2026, Nearly Tripling Year-Ago Pace as Economic Headwinds Build

A rebound in residential permitting pushed Los Angeles past a full year's worth of housing approvals in just six months, but new research...

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Surge in Aerospace & Defense Funding Drives Record Southern California Leasing Demand

A surge of venture capital flowing into Southern California's aerospace and defense companies is translating directly into industrial real estate, driving record leasing...

Lennar Advances 1,251-Home Shafter Neighborhood Squarely in California High-Speed Rail’s Path

Homebuilder Lennar has secured tentative Shafter approval for the final phase of its Gossamer Grove community, planting more than 1,200 single-family lots directly...

Kern County Pension Commits $160MM to Real Estate Debt, Backing Hudson Bay, TPG and Hines Funds

The $6 billion Bakersfield pension fund split its latest real estate wager across three sharply different lending plays — opportunistic East Coast debt,...

Southern California Jobless Rates Split as Inland Empire Tops 5.5% and Statewide Rate Falls to 5.1% in July

Coastal Southern California counties held firm near or below the state average in July while the Inland Empire's logistics-heavy labor market ran hotter,...

San Diego Eyes 20 City-Owned Sites, Including Seven Libraries, for Future Affordable Housing

San Diego is inventorying land it already owns — from branch libraries to municipal workyards — as it hunts for parcels that could...

Los Angeles Led World Cup Host Cities in Small-Business Sales Growth, Bank of America Finds

Los Angeles posted the strongest small-business sales growth of any World Cup host city, with hotels, bars and restaurants up roughly 18 percent...

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BlackRock Acquires Camden’s 11-Property, 3,620-Unit Southern California Portfolio for $1.625B

A BlackRock-managed vehicle has taken control of 3,620 apartments across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties in a $1.625 billion...

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...

BlackRock Acquires Camden’s 11-Property, 3,620-Unit Southern California Portfolio for $1.625B

A BlackRock-managed vehicle has taken control of 3,620 apartments across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties in a $1.625 billion...

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...

BlackRock Acquires Camden’s 11-Property, 3,620-Unit Southern California Portfolio for $1.625B

A BlackRock-managed vehicle has taken control of 3,620 apartments across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties in a $1.625 billion...

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...

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Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Bonta

David Ellison says he’ll pull Paramount out of California—and maybe sell the storied Melrose lot—unless a dozen attorneys general drop their antitrust suit....

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McNellis: One House, One Spouse — A Guide to Wealth Preservation

Why razor-thin overhead and the 'one house, one spouse' rule are the keys to preserving wealth in real estate and in life.

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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,...

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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...

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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)...

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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...

Sixty Collective’s $37MM Beverly Hills Hotel Loan Returns to Special Servicing After Missed August Maturity

The Pomeranc brothers' Sixty Collective missed an August maturity date on its $40 million loan against the 118-room Sixty Beverly Hills, sending the...

Southern California Jobless Rates Split as Inland Empire Tops 5.5% and Statewide Rate Falls to 5.1% in July

Coastal Southern California counties held firm near or below the state average in July while the Inland Empire's logistics-heavy labor market ran hotter,...

Realty Income Buys 96,000 SQFT Terra Nova Plaza Retail in Chula Vista for $30.4MM

Realty Income Corporation has acquired the fully leased, Dick's Sporting Goods- and Floor & Decor-anchored Terra Nova Plaza in Chula Vista from DWS...

San Diego Eyes 20 City-Owned Sites, Including Seven Libraries, for Future Affordable Housing

San Diego is inventorying land it already owns — from branch libraries to municipal workyards — as it hunts for parcels that could...

ACON Laboratories Lands 97,000 SQFT R&D Lease at Irvine Company’s Canyon Ridge Technology Park in Sorrento Mesa

San Diego diagnostics manufacturer ACON Laboratories has committed to 97,200 square feet of research-and-development and manufacturing space at Irvine Company's Canyon Ridge Technology...

Harvey & Company Lands 20,000 SQFT at Newport Beach’s 5000 Birch Street as Irvine Company Portfolio Hits 91% Leased

Boutique investment bank Harvey & Company has committed to 20,300 square feet at Irvine Company's 5000 Birch Street in Newport Beach, one deal...

Los Angeles Fast-Tracks 2028 Olympic Construction, Waiving Zoning Review for Temporary Venues

The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance clearing temporary projects tied to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games to bypass the city's...

Los Angeles Led World Cup Host Cities in Small-Business Sales Growth, Bank of America Finds

Los Angeles posted the strongest small-business sales growth of any World Cup host city, with hotels, bars and restaurants up roughly 18 percent...