San Diego
Equity Residential’s Southern California Portfolio Lags as Los Angeles Entertainment Drag Persists in Q1 2026
The Chicago-based REIT’s 20,376-unit Southern California footprint posted muted growth as Los Angeles softness offset modest Orange County and San Diego gains. Equity...
Defense Dollars Detonate Across Southern California as Aerospace Cluster Captures $164 Billion Federal Windfall
Record Pentagon budgets, a $6.6 billion Q1 venture capital surge and an Anduril mega-lease are reshaping the South Bay into the nation’s most...
Southern California’s Steady Hand: Essex Posts 2.2% Revenue Growth as Orange County and San Diego Lead the Region
Los Angeles County trailed the rest of Essex’s Southern California portfolio in Q1 2026 as Orange County and San Diego absorbed regional demand...
Kilroy Posts Best Q1 Leasing Since 2017 as Southern California Portfolio Anchors 568,000 SQFT Quarter
Los Angeles occupancy climbs while San Diego slips, even as the REIT clears $223MM of SoCal non-core assets and lifts full-year 2026 FFO...
Pharma Doubles Down On San Diego As Alexandria Bets Megacampuses Will Outrun Glut
REIT’s University Town Center anchor leases offset Sorrento Mesa weakness as countywide vacancy hits historic highs. San Diego’s life science real estate market...
Kilroy Sheds 39,000 SQFT Del Mar Tech Center for $21MM in San Diego Capital Recycling Push
Sale of the Class B Carmel Valley office property at $542 per square foot trims Kilroy’s San Diego footprint as the REIT pivots...
San Diego Greenlights $14B Civic Center Overhaul, Golden Hall Demolition Slated for 2027
A 30-year transformation of downtown’s struggling core would deliver 2,300 housing units, a community college campus and an expanded Civic Theater under a...
San Diego Council Backs State Bill Shielding 28 Acres of Mission Bay Commercial Sites From Housing Mandate
Unanimous endorsement of AB 2525 escalates a yearlong fight over whether California’s Surplus Land Act can reach into a dedicated public park to...
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...
Rexford Industrial Posts Record 4.1MM SQFT Leasing Quarter as SoCal Industrial Market Searches for Bottom
The infill Southern California landlord raised full-year guidance and accelerated share buybacks even as re-leasing spreads turned negative and vacancy ticked higher across...
San Diego Multifamily Vacancy Rises to 5.4% as Development Pipeline Contracts in Q1 2026
Flat rents and higher cap rates reflect a market adjusting to new supply and moderating investment conditions San Diego’s multifamily market entered 2026...
California’s AB 2074 Targets Downtown High-Rise Housing with $500MM Revolving Loan Fund
Assemblymember Matt Haney’s Downtown Revitalization Act would mandate by-right residential density near transit in cities of 400,000-plus, directly addressing office-vacancy-driven decline in downtown...
