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...
Trumark Homes Acquires 183 Finished Lots at Mandalay Bay Master-Planned Community in Oxnard
Breakwater at Northshore will deliver new single-family beachfront homes across two neighborhoods in the 90-acre coastal development Trumark Homes has purchased 183 single-family...
61-Unit Brentwood Multifamily Portfolio Trades for $46.35MM in Los Angeles
A private owner sold two adjacent Westside apartment properties totaling 105,369 square feet in an off-market deal brokered by Marcus & Millichap and...
Diversified Healthcare Trust Acquires 19,000 SQFT Metropolitan Theatre Building in LA’s Mid-Wilshire for $14.6MM
Healthcare REIT expands medical office portfolio at $757 per square foot as Los Angeles office market shows limited signs of stabilization Diversified Healthcare...
Hines Acquires 235-Unit Tempo at Riverpark in Oxnard From Bascom Group for $105MM
The Class A multifamily community in Ventura County’s Riverpark master-planned neighborhood traded at approximately $446,809 per unit, reflecting strong institutional demand for well-located...
Los Angeles Office Market Stalls as Vacancy Holds at 15.9% in Q1 2026
Leasing activity fell nearly 32 percent year-over-year as hybrid work and entertainment-sector consolidation continued to weigh on demand, according to Kidder Mathews The...
Northrop Grumman Renews 71,000 SQFT Lease at Omninet Capital’s Park Del Amo Campus in Torrance
Defense contractor’s South Bay commitment adds to wave of aerospace and defense renewals across Southern California office markets Northrop Grumman has renewed a...
LA County Public Works Leases 74,000 SQFT at 20151 Nordhoff Street in Chatsworth’s San Fernando Valley
Government tenant commits to county services campus as public-sector occupancy bolsters demand in lower-vacancy San Fernando Valley submarkets The Los Angeles County Public...
Santa Monica Approves $3MM Revitalization Plan for Third Street Promenade
The initiative includes zoning changes to ease restaurant openings, the elimination of a $1,000-per-seat wastewater fee, and the expansion of the city’s entertainment...
San Diego Apartment Rents Decline Up to 8% as Rental Inventory Surges 15%
The metro area ranked 11th among U.S. cities with the largest rent decreases, driven by a wave of new multifamily deliveries that has...
EV Realty Opens 76-Port Electric Truck Charging Hub With 9 MW Capacity in San Bernardino
The flagship facility near the San Bernardino Intermodal corridor supports both current CCS and next-generation megawatt charging for medium- and heavy-duty freight operations....
Altadena Continues Historic Rebuild with Multiple Home Sales in Encore at La Viña Gated Community
PLC Communities (PLC), the respected Southern California home builder, continues to deliver homes to buyers in the Encore at La Viña gated community...
Los Angeles Office Market Stalls as Vacancy Holds at 15.9% in Q1 2026
Leasing activity fell nearly 32 percent year-over-year as hybrid work and entertainment-sector consolidation continued to weigh on demand, according to Kidder Mathews The...
San Diego Apartment Rents Decline Up to 8% as Rental Inventory Surges 15%
The metro area ranked 11th among U.S. cities with the largest rent decreases, driven by a wave of new multifamily deliveries that has...
Los Angeles Industrial Construction Pipeline Shrinks 32% as AB 98 and Rising Vacancy Curb Speculative Development
With just 4.7 million square feet under construction and new regulatory constraints taking effect, the era of large-scale speculative warehouse building in Los...
Ventura County Industrial Market Posts Positive Absorption in Q1 2026 Amid Rising Vacancy
After nearly three years of negative quarterly absorption, the county’s industrial sector showed early signs of stabilization even as vacancy climbed to 5.0...
North American Life Sciences Sector Grapples With Supply Glut as 55% of Recent Lab Deliveries Sit Vacant
A pandemic-era construction wave has collided with cooling demand, leaving nearly 60 million square feet of new lab space struggling to find tenants...
Los Angeles Industrial Vacancy Climbs to 7.3% as Negative Absorption Persists in Q1 2026
Warehouse rents fall for a twelfth consecutive quarter as tariff uncertainty keeps landlords and occupiers in a holding pattern across the nation’s largest...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
Trumark Homes Acquires 183 Finished Lots at Mandalay Bay Master-Planned Community in Oxnard
Breakwater at Northshore will deliver new single-family beachfront homes across two neighborhoods in the 90-acre coastal development Trumark Homes has purchased 183 single-family...
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...
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...
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 Apartment Rents Decline Up to 8% as Rental Inventory Surges 15%
The metro area ranked 11th among U.S. cities with the largest rent decreases, driven by a wave of new multifamily deliveries that has...
C.W. Driver Companies Completes $19MM Aquatics Center at Torrey Pines High School, Capping $40MM Athletics Overhaul
The 7,099-square-foot competition-grade facility in Del Mar Heights is the San Dieguito Union High School District’s first-ever on-campus pool and will serve student-athletes...
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...
EV Realty Opens 76-Port Electric Truck Charging Hub With 9 MW Capacity in San Bernardino
The flagship facility near the San Bernardino Intermodal corridor supports both current CCS and next-generation megawatt charging for medium- and heavy-duty freight operations....
AEW Capital Management Acquires Two-Building, 996,000 SQFT Industrial Portfolio in Inland Empire for $110.6MM
The Boston-based investment manager purchased the Riverside and Ontario warehouses from Scuderia Development, adding nearly 1 million square feet of logistics space to...
Lower Immigration, Cautious Consumers and Shifting Migration Patterns Reshape US Housing Outlook for 2026
John Burns Research and Consulting finds that capturing housing demand now requires surgical precision as demographic tailwinds weaken and buyer sentiment sours to...
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...
The Buyer Who Wasn’t There
The record gap between home sellers and buyers reveals a tale of two Americas—Sun Belt markets drowning in oversupply while Northern cities with...
Amazon’s Empty Chairs
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) To put the size of Amazon’s office downsizing in perspective, one of its...
Nordstrom Expands California Presence With Two New Local Service Hubs in San Diego and Danville
The 1,190-square-foot San Diego location and 1,214-square-foot Danville hub will open in June, bringing the retailer’s service-focused micro-format concept to six California locations...
Privately Financed $256MM Navy SEAL Museum Proposed for 85,000 SQFT Bayfront Development at 1220 Pacific Highway in San Diego
The Board of Port Commissioners will decide on April 21 whether to launch the CEQA environmental review process, the first public hurdle for...
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...
Dunbar Real Estate Acquires 64,600 SQFT West Oaks Park in Westlake Village for $12.6MM
El Segundo-based private equity firm lands freeway-fronting Conejo Valley industrial and office complex at a 13 percent discount to the original $14.45 million...
Waterton Secures $77.8MM Refinancing for 293-Unit OLiVE DTLA Multifamily Community in Downtown Los Angeles
The financing package combines a $66 million Fannie Mae loan with $11.8 million in preferred equity from Tokyu Land US Corporation, replacing prior...
Acacia Capital Lists 77-Unit Legacy at Westglen in Glendale as Value-Add Multifamily Opportunity
The 1984-vintage property offers two separate parcels, assumable in-place financing, and significant rental upside in a supply-constrained submarket Acacia Capital has put Legacy...
Los Angeles Industrial Construction Pipeline Shrinks 32% as AB 98 and Rising Vacancy Curb Speculative Development
With just 4.7 million square feet under construction and new regulatory constraints taking effect, the era of large-scale speculative warehouse building in Los...
Ventura County Industrial Market Posts Positive Absorption in Q1 2026 Amid Rising Vacancy
After nearly three years of negative quarterly absorption, the county’s industrial sector showed early signs of stabilization even as vacancy climbed to 5.0...
