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,...
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...
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...
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...
Beverly Hills Staff Backs 15-Story, 27-Unit Builder’s Remedy Tower at 140 South Camden Drive
Beverly Hills planning staff has recommended conditional approval of a 15-story residential tower at 140 South Camden Drive, a Builder’s Remedy project that...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
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...
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 Industrial Prices Reset as Sale Values Fall 21.7% and Construction Pipeline Shrinks
Southern California’s industrial market moved toward equilibrium in the second quarter of 2026 as a sharp pullback in construction and steady leasing helped...
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 Industrial Prices Reset as Sale Values Fall 21.7% and Construction Pipeline Shrinks
Southern California’s industrial market moved toward equilibrium in the second quarter of 2026 as a sharp pullback in construction and steady leasing helped...
Melia Homes Wins Approval to Replace Vacant Orange Best Buy With 71 Small-Lot Homes
Irvine-based Melia Homes has secured City of Orange approval to demolish a long-shuttered Best Buy on Tustin Street and build a 71-home small-lot...
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...
San Diego Launches Affordable Housing Preservation Fund With $8.5MM to Stem Loss of Low-Rent Apartments
The San Diego City Council voted unanimously to create an Affordable Housing Preservation Fund and seed it with $8.5 million, handing the San...
San Diego VC Funding Nears $5B by Midyear as AI Overtakes Life Sciences in Record 2026 Pace
Venture capital is flooding into San Diego startups at a record clip in 2026, but the money is chasing a different kind of...
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 Industrial Prices Reset as Sale Values Fall 21.7% and Construction Pipeline Shrinks
Southern California’s industrial market moved toward equilibrium in the second quarter of 2026 as a sharp pullback in construction and steady leasing helped...
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...
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...
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...
Beverly Hills Staff Backs 15-Story, 27-Unit Builder’s Remedy Tower at 140 South Camden Drive
Beverly Hills planning staff has recommended conditional approval of a 15-story residential tower at 140 South Camden Drive, a Builder’s Remedy project that...
Banc of California Dumps $827MM in CRE and Construction Loans, Swings to $251MM Loss in Balance-Sheet Reset
Los Angeles-based Banc of California absorbed its first quarterly loss in more than two years and moved to shed $827 million of commercial...
Los Angeles Planning Commission Clears 70-Unit Mixed-Use Project on West Jefferson Boulevard in Jefferson Park
Developers Steve and Hannah Lim cleared a decisive entitlement hurdle for a six-story residential and retail building that will replace a longstanding auto...
