LAFPP Doubles Down on Alternatives, Steering $120MM Into Niche Real Estate and Digital Infrastructure
The Los Angeles pension fund’s twin bets on healthcare-driven property and data-center plumbing signal where institutional capital is hunting for returns. The Los...
Dauntless Capital Sells Pasadena Residence Inn for $65MM at $451,000 Per Key
Houston firm clears a 26 percent markup on a hotel it bought in 2021, defying a slumping Los Angeles hospitality market Dauntless Capital...
LACERA Steers $325MM Into Open-Ended Funds, Signaling a Pivot Away From Direct Property Deals
The $80 billion Los Angeles pension fund is doubling down on commingled vehicles it argues deliver better diversification than the separate-account model it...
Douglas Emmett Bets on Adaptive Reuse With 323-Unit Conversion of Westwood’s Murdock Plaza
The Santa Monica REIT files plans to turn a 17-story Wilshire Boulevard office tower it acquired out of distress into apartments, pairing the...
King Energy Energizes Five-Array Solar System at The Shoppes at Chino Hills Retail Center
The nationwide multi-tenant solar developer partnered with Dunhill Partners to power dozens of on-site businesses with discounted clean energy at the suburban Los...
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...
California Added 28,700 Jobs in March as Unemployment Eased to 5.3%
State posted strongest start to a calendar year since 2022 as health services led gains while professional and business services pulled back, according...
Los Angeles Sits Out the AI Office Boom Lifting Bay Area and Manhattan
Tech leasing in Los Angeles grew modestly in 2025 but ranked outside the top tier of tech gateways, as artificial intelligence capital and...
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...
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...
Regent Properties Markets 116,000 SQFT Rancho Bernardo Office Campus With Path to 283 Residential Units in San Diego
Bernardo Heights Corporate Center carries $1.6MM of in-place NOI but is being pitched as much for its 7.01-acre redevelopment potential as for its...
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...
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...
California Added 28,700 Jobs in March as Unemployment Eased to 5.3%
State posted strongest start to a calendar year since 2022 as health services led gains while professional and business services pulled back, according...
Los Angeles Sits Out the AI Office Boom Lifting Bay Area and Manhattan
Tech leasing in Los Angeles grew modestly in 2025 but ranked outside the top tier of tech gateways, as artificial intelligence capital and...
AvalonBay and Equity Residential Forge $69B Apartment Titan in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination of the nation’s two largest multifamily REITs creates a 180,000-unit powerhouse with dominant positions in Los Angeles, New York and Greater...
Coworking Clusters in Downtown LA as $182 Affordability Floor Spreads Across the A Line
A new analysis of the LA Metro’s 57.6-mile A Line finds workspace access concentrated in distinct zones, with long transit corridors still left...
Holland Flower Market Plants New HQ in Commerce With $34.1MM Buy of 91,000 SQFT Warehouse From QuadReal
Wholesale florist exits Flower District footprint for a port-adjacent Class A box, financed by a $25MM BMO loan, as Canadian pension giant QuadReal...
Southern California Commercial Real Estate News
LAFPP Doubles Down on Alternatives, Steering $120MM Into Niche Real Estate and Digital Infrastructure
The Los Angeles pension fund’s twin bets on healthcare-driven property and data-center plumbing signal where institutional capital is hunting for returns. The Los...
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...
Los Angeles Sits Out the AI Office Boom Lifting Bay Area and Manhattan
Tech leasing in Los Angeles grew modestly in 2025 but ranked outside the top tier of tech gateways, as artificial intelligence capital and...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
King Energy Energizes Five-Array Solar System at The Shoppes at Chino Hills Retail Center
The nationwide multi-tenant solar developer partnered with Dunhill Partners to power dozens of on-site businesses with discounted clean energy at the suburban Los...
Craig Realty Group Lists 177,669-SQFT Outlets at Barstow for $79.7MM Along I-15 Las Vegas Corridor
(UPDATED: May 12, 2026) The outlet center, anchored by Nike, Lacoste, and Skechers, generates more than $6.9 million in first-year net operating income...
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...
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....
Harbor Associates Lists 157,000 SQFT Office Campus for Sale in Santa Clarita Valley
Two-building Class A property on nearly 9 acres hits the market with 79 percent occupancy and a roster of institutional tenants including Wells...
AvalonBay and Equity Residential Forge $69B Apartment Titan in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination of the nation’s two largest multifamily REITs creates a 180,000-unit powerhouse with dominant positions in Los Angeles, New York and Greater...
Los Angeles Turns Against $470MM KPC-Lendlease Bid for Oceanwide Plaza as Hearing Slips to July
The city says the proposed buyer’s development plan is not approvable as written, throwing the fate of downtown’s graffiti towers back into doubt....
Martin Home Furnishings Renews 115,000 SQFT Otay Mesa Headquarters Lease at EQT Exeter’s 2345 Britannia Blvd in San Diego
The case-goods manufacturer’s mid-March renewal at the Class A cross-border distribution building anchors a quarter in which Otay Mesa accounted for nearly half...
Cypress Equity Lands $170MM Construction Loan to Launch 320-Unit Wilshire Boulevard Push in Santa Monica
Twin eight-story projects near Douglas Park will replace aging commercial sites and lean on the city’s new off-site affordable housing pilot Cypress Equity...
Aragon Properties Lists 190-Unit Echo Park Multifamily Portfolio as Non-RSO Class A Product Hits LA Market
Vancouver developer is testing investor appetite for newly built, rent-control-exempt apartments in one of Los Angeles’ most supply-starved submarkets. A Vancouver-based developer is...
918-Unit Lorenzo Hits Market in Los Angeles as Decade’s Largest Single-Asset Student Housing Play Near USC
The 3,648-bed Los Angeles community owned by Geoffrey Palmer carries a $470.6MM appraised value and a fresh $160MM Deutsche Bank loan as it...
Onni’s $384MM Wilshire Courtyard Loan Lands Back in Special Servicing as July Maturity Looms
The Miracle Mile office campus faces imminent default with cash flow covering barely a quarter of its debt service and the balloon payment...
