California People and Company News, Week of August 28, 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. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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Rockefeller Group has named J.P. Harlow Senior Managing Director and Head of its West Region, based in Irvine, effective Oc. 1. He will succeed James V. Camp, who plans to retire at the end of September. Harlow was re…
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VIDA Coworking Opening Third Location in Portland’s Montgomery Park
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JV of Affinius, Alliance Residential Divests NorCal Seniors Housing Duo
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