HousingWire · Los Angeles
Quantitative squeezing: all-in ownership costs bar renters from buying
Renters would spend 56.5% of income to buy the median resale home, and Los Angeles hits 100% in the latest index
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Los Angeles
The largest office and retail market on the West Coast continues to work through an asset-by-asset reset. Hospitality, mixed-use density plays, and selective retail are where capital is currently moving.
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The Los Angeles commercial real estate market is navigating a complex landscape characterized by shifting investor sentiment and evolving sector dynamics. While demand remains robust in certain asset classes, challenges persist in others, particularly as remote work reshapes office utilization patterns. Lenders are exhibiting a cautious stance, favoring established properties with stable cash flows, while allocators are increasingly discerning, seeking opportunities that align with long-term growth trends amid broader economic uncertainties.
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- Quantitative squeezing: all-in ownership costs bar renters from buying
Renters would spend 56.5% of income to buy the median resale home, and Los Angeles hits 100% in the latest index
HousingWire · Sep 1 - Cove Capital Investments Successfully Fully Subscribes Its Cove Essential Net Lease Industrial 114 DST
Cove Capital Raises $12,126,736 for Its Debt-Free, Newly Constructed Industrial Net Lease Delaware Statutory Trust Offering LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cove Capital Investments, LLC, a Delaware Statutor…
PR Newswire · Sep 1 - Cove Capital Investments Successfully Fully Subscribes Cove Saddle Creek Kansas 109 DST After Raising $12,951,877 from Accredited Investors
Cove Saddle Creek 109 Features a 100,061 square foot multi-tenant retail center located in Wichita, KS LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cove Capital Investments, LLC, a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) sponsor…
PR Newswire · Aug 31 - Newmark Brokers $27.2M Sale of R&D Facility in El Segundo, California
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a research-and-development (R&D) office facility in El Segundo, located just south of Los Angeles International Airport. Hackman Capital Partners sold the property…
REBusiness Online · Aug 31 - Priority Capital Advisory Arranges $13.6M Bridge Loan for Refinancing of Los Angeles Multifamily Property
LOS ANGELES — Priority Capital Advisory has arranged a $13.6 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a student housing and multifamily property located at 8833 Reading Ave. in Los Angeles’ Westchester neighborhood.…
REBusiness Online · Aug 31 - Priority Capital Advisory Arranges $13.6M Bridge Loan to Refinance Residential Property in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Priority Capital Advisory has arranged a $13.6 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a student housing and multifamily property located at 8833 Reading Ave. in Los Angeles’ Westchester neighborhood.…
REBusiness Online · Aug 31
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Cove Capital Investments Successfully Fully Subscribes Its Cove Essential Net Lease Industrial 114 DST
Cove Capital Raises $12,126,736 for Its Debt-Free, Newly Constructed Industrial Net Lease Delaware Statutory Trust Offering LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cove Capital Investments, LLC, a Delaware Statutor…
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PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
Cove Capital Investments Successfully Fully Subscribes Cove Saddle Creek Kansas 109 DST After Raising $12,951,877 from Accredited Investors
Cove Saddle Creek 109 Features a 100,061 square foot multi-tenant retail center located in Wichita, KS LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cove Capital Investments, LLC, a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) sponsor…
Aug 31
REBusiness Online · Los Angeles · Office
Newmark Brokers $27.2M Sale of R&D Facility in El Segundo, California
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a research-and-development (R&D) office facility in El Segundo, located just south of Los Angeles International Airport. Hackman Capital Partners sold the property…
Aug 31
REBusiness Online · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Priority Capital Advisory Arranges $13.6M Bridge Loan for Refinancing of Los Angeles Multifamily Property
LOS ANGELES — Priority Capital Advisory has arranged a $13.6 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a student housing and multifamily property located at 8833 Reading Ave. in Los Angeles’ Westchester neighborhood.…
Aug 31
REBusiness Online · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Priority Capital Advisory Arranges $13.6M Bridge Loan to Refinance Residential Property in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Priority Capital Advisory has arranged a $13.6 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a student housing and multifamily property located at 8833 Reading Ave. in Los Angeles’ Westchester neighborhood.…
Aug 31
Connect CRE · Los Angeles · Hospitality
Former Hotel-Turned-University-Campus Trades for Repositioning
DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services finalized the $14.4-million sale of an 87,598 square-foot former university campus on approximately 6.4 acres in the Los Angeles County city of Lancaster. VP Dennis Marciniak repre…
Aug 28
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles
KPC Group’s Oceanwide Plaza Bet Started With a Supertall Dream for Manhattan
John Petty, senior partner for KPC Group , had just returned from a site visit at Downtown Los Angeles’ infamous “Graffiti Towers,” the beleaguered mega-development that his firm recently began working to resurrect af…
Aug 28
PR Newswire · Los Angeles
AIxC Launches RoboShare & Co. North American Dealer Program as First Flywheel Case, Secures One-year $33,000 Robot Rental Order and Expands A Signed FFAI Robot Order to 23 Units
Long-Term Rental Demand Drives Robot Sales, While RoboShare & Co. Enables Dealers to Participate in Post-Delivery Shared Rentals and Operations LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AIxCrypto Holdings, Inc. (Nasd…
Aug 27
Connect CRE · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Bascom Refis Historic Apartments in LA’s Westlake District
The Bascom Group, LLC has completed an $8.5-million refinancing of The Charleston Apartments, a 133-unit historic multifamily community located in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Michael Derk, Daizy Gomez, L…
Aug 26
Connect CRE · Los Angeles · Retail
Fully Leased Temecula Retail Sells in 1031 Exchange
Progressive Real Estate Partners SVP Greg Bedell represented a private Los Angeles-based investor in the acquisition of an 8,781-square-foot multi-tenant retail building located at 32435 Temecula Pkwy. within Vail Ran…
Aug 26
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Multifamily
The Bascom Group Completes $8.5 Million Refinancing of Historic Charleston Apartments in Downtown Los Angeles
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bascom Group, LLC ("Bascom") has completed an $8.5 million refinancing of The Charleston Apartments, a 133-unit historic multifamily community located in the Westlake…
Aug 26
Connect CRE · Los Angeles
Archer Aviation, AEG Partner on DTLA’s First Vertiport
AEG and Archer Aviation plan to develop Downtown Los Angeles’ first vertiport—a vertical takeoff and landing site for electric air taxis—at L.A. LIVE. The agreement, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, makes Archer t…
Aug 25
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
APW Avenue Group Reveals Founder James R. Park's $4B Real Estate Portfolio History -- From Early LA Deals to a $145M Refinancing
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- James R. Parks built his career by stepping into complicated situations and figuring out what could be done with them. Over more than four decades, the Los Angeles-based CPA,…
Aug 25
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles · Office
Tavaco Properties Buys DMV Office for $29M
Tavaco Properties has added another discounted office property to its growing Greater Washington portfolio. The Los Angeles-based firm paid $28.5 million for a 272,300-square-foot building in Falls Church, Va., Busine…
Aug 24
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles
For Southern California, Defense Tech Is the Best Real Estate Offense
It’s easy to assume Los Angeles’ biggest contribution to the defense industry and any war effort has been the production of movies and films that celebrate the heroism of combat. But, due to persistent geopolitical in…
Aug 24
Connect CRE · Los Angeles
Landmark Properties Delivers 1,261-Bed Student Housing Near USC Campus
Landmark Properties has delivered The Standard at Los Angeles, a 429-unit, 1,261-bed student housing community at 3900 South Figueroa St., 0.3 miles from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. It repres…
Aug 24
REBusiness Online · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $5.3M Sale of Los Angeles Apartment Building
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.3 million sale of an apartment building located at 1476 S. Shenandoah St. on the west side of Los Angeles. The sales price equates to $334,937 per unit. Sam Liberow…
Aug 24
REBusiness Online · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $5.3M Sale of Multifamily Property in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.3 million sale of an apartment building located at 1476 S. Shenandoah St. in Los Angeles. The asset traded for $334,937 per unit. Sam Liberow of Marcus & Millichap…
Aug 24
Connect CRE · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Local Owner-Operator Snags Pico-Robertson Apartment Property
Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of 1476 S Shenandoah St., a 16-unit multifamily property in Los Angeles. The property sold for $5.3 million, or $334,937 per unit. “Properties like this rarely become available in Pi…
Aug 21
Connect CRE · Los Angeles
At Connect Industrial West 2026, Port of LA’s Seroka Charts New Course
Amid the uncertainty faced by shippers due to looming tariffs and higher fuel prices, the Port of Los Angeles just had its second-best July on record for container volume, executive director Eugene Seroka told the aud…
Aug 21
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles · Industrial
Shifting Fortunes for L.A.’s Ports Boost Surrounding Industrial Real Estate
Ports are meant to offer protection from storms or rough seas. But nothing has been able to protect the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from the uncertainty and fluctuation of trade policy during President Donald…
Aug 21
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles · Multifamily
L.A. County Investment Sales Jump 28% in July Thanks to Multifamily
Commercial real estate investment sales accelerated across Los Angeles County in July, with multifamily accounting for the majority of capital deployed. About 7.25 million square feet of commercial property traded for…
Aug 20
Connect CRE · Los Angeles
California Senate Approves Bill to Address Commercial Plan-Checking Delays
An industry-sponsored measure to address prolonged commercial plan-checking delays has passed the California Senate in a unanimous 38-0 vote. Introduced by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez (D-Los Angeles), Assembly Bill 2…
Aug 20
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
Lincoln Property Company and Strategic Value Partners Complete Redevelopment of The Bluffs at Playa Vista
500,000-sf creative office campus reimagined through extensive capital improvements, securing more than 57,000 sf in new leases LOS ANGELES and GREENWICH, Conn., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Property Company…
Aug 20
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
Katten Expands Restructuring Practice with Addition of Genevieve Weiner
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that Genevieve Weiner has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner in its Restructuring practice, further strengthening the firm's capabilitie…
Aug 19
Connect CRE · Los Angeles
Jaime Lee Joins Kennedy Wilson as Senior Managing Director
Kennedy Wilson said Wednesday that Jaime Lee has joined the firm as senior managing director of capital markets and real estate investments. Most recently CEO of Los Angeles-based Jamison, Lee joins Kennedy Wilson as…
Aug 19
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles
Jaime Lee Joins Kennedy Wilson After Two Decades at L.A. Powerhouse Jamison
After recently stepping down as the head of her family’s real estate firm — one of the most active developers in Los Angeles — Jaime Lee is taking a new role at Kennedy Wilson as senior managing director of capital ma…
Aug 19
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles · Industrial
Rexford to Sell $1.2B SoCal Portfolio to EQT
Rexford Industrial Realty is significantly slimming down its portfolio in Southern California. The Los Angeles-based industrial real estate investment trust (REIT) announced it has agreed to sell a portfolio of proper…
Aug 19
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
Rexford Industrial Enters Into Agreement to Sell a $1.2 Billion Industrial Portfolio
Agreement Brings Year-to-Date Dispositions Closed or Under Contract to $1.5 Billion Positions Rexford to Deliver on Full-Year Disposition Guidance of $1.5 to $2.0 Billion LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rex…
Aug 18
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
Overcoming the Affordable Housing Deficit: Housing New Mexico Featured on "All Access hosted by Andy Garcia"
An upcoming Public Television feature explores how public-private partnerships and state finance agencies are resolving persistent housing shortages across local communities. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --…
Aug 18
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Land
A LIVING 150-YEAR-OLD OLIVE TREE IN SPAIN WILL OPEN OLIVE TREE PEOPLE'S FIRST U.S. FLAGSHIP IN LOS ANGELES
The Waterless Beauty pioneer and leader brings its Mediterranean roots to Abbot Kinney, where 45,000 pounds of Spanish and Los Angeles soil form a physical connection between the land in Spain that shaped the movement…
Aug 17
Construction Dive · Los Angeles
Skanska-Stacy Witbeck JV wins $1.9B California light rail segment
The team will construct the 6.7 mile line at grade in Van Nuys, California, for the Los AngelesCounty Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Aug 17
The Registry · Los Angeles · Office
Kilroy Realty CFO Jeffrey Kuehling Exits as Eliott Trencher Takes Interim Finance Helm
Kilroy Realty Corporation said Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Kuehling is departing the Los Angeles-based office and life science REIT effective immediately, handing interim finance and treasury duties to Chief Inves…
Aug 17
PR Newswire · Los Angeles
Lttl Launches Groundbreaking Telehealth Site for Weight Loss, Longevity, and Wellness
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lttl is an all-new direct-to-consumer telehealth brand, specializing in personalized GLP-1 weight management, longevity protocols, and microdosed therapy. Founded by longtime…
Aug 14
Commercial Observer · Los Angeles
Skanska JV Lands $2.43B Contract for Light Rail Project in L.A.
Skanska and Stacy Witbeck have secured another contract to build one of Los Angeles County’s largest public transit projects. The joint venture was awarded an additional contract by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan…
Aug 14
Construction Dive · Los Angeles
Skanska small business outreach lead sees opportunity in DBE changes
After hitting hiring goals on a Los Angeles International Airport project, DBE compliance officer Teresa Maxwell outlined how the firm connects with contractors local to its projects.
Aug 14
REBusiness Online · Los Angeles · Multifamily
Walker & Dunlop Secures $33.2M Agency Acquisition Loan for Los Angeles Multifamily Community
LOS ANGELES — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $33.2 million agency-backed loan for the acquisition of Palm Court Apartments in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile neighborhood. Bryan Frazier, Blake Hockenbury, Steven Paskover, S…
Aug 14
Connect CRE · Los Angeles · Office
California People and Company News, Week of August 14, 2026
Rory Baird has joined Kidder Mathews’ Valuation Advisory Services team as VP based in its downtown Los Angeles office. Baird brings more than a decade of commercial real estate experience, specializing in the valuatio…
Aug 13
PR Newswire · Los Angeles · Capital
SEIA Continues to Evolve to Meet the Increasingly Complex Needs of High-Net-Worth Clients Through Expanded Tax and Family Office Capabilities
The firm launches SEIA Tax Services, expands family office capabilities and introduces a refreshed brand identity to support a more integrated, specialized planning experience. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/…
Aug 10
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New Owners Plan $30-Million Face Lift for Promenade at HH Center
Laurus Corp. bought the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center mall from Passco Cos. and plans a $30-million renovation with a more pedestrian-friendly layout.
Source: Los Angeles Times|Jun 18, 2015|Laurus Corporation
ACQUISITION · Los Angeles · Hospitality
Laurus Corporation Acquires Marriott Warner Center Hotel
Laurus Corporation acquired the 474-room Marriott Warner Center hotel in Woodland Hills, with plans for a $10 million renovation.
Source: Lodging Magazine|Jul 29, 2014|Laurus Corporation