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Construction Lenders Confront a Shifting Risk Map in 2026 as Data Center Race, PFAS Liability and Permitting Delays Reshape Underwriting
Construction risk has not disappeared from the lending landscape heading into 2026—it has migrated into new territory, from the breakneck data center buildout...
Locked-In Borrowers, Rising Insurance and a Multifamily Rebound: Inside the UCLA Anderson Forecast Real Estate Panel
A UCLA Anderson Forecast expert panel moderated by UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate Executive Director Tim Kawahara found California’s housing market frozen...
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios Bets on Smartphone Dramas to Refill Hollywood Soundstages
Hudson Pacific’s Sunset Studios is converting an 8,000-square-foot Hollywood soundstage into permitted, prebuilt sets aimed at smartphone-first vertical dramas, a bet that short-form...
Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Survey Finds CRE Distress Has Peaked as Deals Close Despite War-Driven Rate Spike
The Summer 2026 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey of California commercial real estate sentiment found that industry distress has peaked and transactions are...
Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink: Conversions Can Revive Downtown Los Angeles, If Leadership Shows Up
Speaking at the UCLA Anderson Forecast Summer 2026 Economic Outlook, Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink laid out an architect’s case for why experience, not...
Bridge Debt Moves From Stopgap to Primary Structure as $875B in CRE Loans Mature
With permanent lenders selective and $875 billion in commercial mortgages coming due, sponsors are routing transitional deals to debt funds offering speed, flexibility...
CalWest Clinches $55MM in Q1 Home Sales as San Diego Builder Doubles Down with 4.99% Rate Buydowns
The Carlsbad-based private developer sold 62 homes across its San Diego County communities in the first quarter and prepares to break ground on...
Mass Timber Emerges as Embodied-Carbon Fix for Data Centers, Cutting Footprint Up to 60%
Engineers from Thornton Tomasetti and Gensler make the case that hybrid mass timber can slash data center embodied carbon and compress schedules without...
Olson Homes Plans 80-Unit Mediterranean Revival Community on 3.2-Acre San Gabriel Infill Site
Olson Homes is moving to convert one of San Gabriel’s last large vacant infill parcels into an 80-unit residential community, betting on a...
MJW Investments Launches Debut $100MM Student Housing Fund
Sawtelle-based MJW Investments is doubling down on student housing with its first institutional fund, targeting value-add assets near Tier 1 universities nationwide.
Cal Poly Cuts Ribbon on $45MM John Madden Football Center in San Luis Obispo
Populous-designed, PCL-built training facility opens behind Spanos Stadium as Big Sky schools double down on athletics infrastructure. Cal Poly will cut the ribbon...
John Burns Says Land Markets Enter “Selective Growth” Phase as Builders Push 73% of Lots Off Balance Sheet
Ken Perlman’s 2026 land playbook lays out a market split between A-and-B winners and C-and-D laggards, with land banking, attainable product and master-planned...
