Orange County
Los Angeles Leads Southern California Construction Pay, Trailing the Bay Area in Real Wages
A Construction Coverage analysis of federal wage and cost data put Los Angeles atop Southern California for cost-adjusted construction pay at $61,295, with...
Santa Ana Rent Control Accelerated Rent Growth in Regulated Units, Beacon Economics Study Finds
Rents in Santa Ana's rent-stabilized apartments grew faster than those in the city's newer, unregulated buildings after the city's 2021 Rent Stabilization Ordinance...
Santa Ana Authorizes Lawsuit Against Caribou Industries Over Stalled 171-Unit 3rd & Broadway Project
Santa Ana's City Council has authorized litigation against Caribou Industries over the long-stalled 3rd & Broadway Promenade, raising the prospect that the city...
Rigas Family Buys 24-Unit Multifamily Property for $9.44MM in Costa Mesa
A 24-unit Costa Mesa multifamily property sells for $9.44 million, or $393,333 per unit, above Orange County's Q2 2026 average.
Eagle Four Partners Secures Planning Commission Backing for Up to 78 Homes at Newport Beach Country Club
The Newport Beach Planning Commission unanimously advanced a development agreement that would grant Eagle Four Partners five-year vested rights to build as many...
Costa Mesa Council Approves 2,300 Homes at Former Fairview Developmental Center, Scaling Back 4,000-Unit Plan
The Costa Mesa City Council unanimously approved a land-use plan for the shuttered Fairview Developmental Center that clears the way for 2,300 homes...
JLL Taps 18-Year Bank Lending Veteran David Ghannadi to Expand Orange County Debt Advisory
JLL Capital Markets has recruited longtime bank lender David Ghannadi to its Orange County office, betting that his balance-sheet experience and relationships will...
Southern California’s Building Operations Power a $53.6BN Economy Supporting 334,000 Jobs, BOMA Study Finds
A new economic-impact study from BOMA International sizes Southern California's building-operations economy, finding that Greater Los Angeles ranks among the nation's largest markets...
Orange County Retail Rents Break $35 PSF Amid Historically Low Vacancy
A wave of mall demolitions converting retail square footage into housing is tightening competition for the shopping center space that remains, pushing multi-tenant...
Hoag Opens $1B Sun Family Campus in Irvine, Bringing 475,000 SQFT and 155 Beds Online
Hoag will cut the ribbon Sept. 19 on a $1 billion, six-building expansion of its Irvine hospital campus, a bet that Orange County's...
Southern California Life Science Splits in Two as San Diego Glut Meets Tight Orange County
Southern California's life science market has fractured into two stories, with San Diego absorbing a record wave of oversupply while Los Angeles and...
Broadcom Acquires Its 661,000 SQFT Irvine Headquarters Campus from PRP Real Assets for $325MM
The Palo Alto-based chipmaker converted from tenant to owner of its Irvine Spectrum headquarters, paying $325 million to landlord PRP Real Assets—roughly $492...
