Power California 2026
Why this matters
Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. Los Angeles is working asset-by-asset through an extended office reset. Hospitality on the West Side and selective industrial in the South Bay are where capital is currently moving; downtown Class B remains in price discovery. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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- The 19th Los Angeles story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All Los Angeles coverage →
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This year’s Power California illustrates the new map of the Golden State. Los Angeles has always been good at reinventing itself, but some of the industries and asset classes that, as recently as a few years ago, seem…
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