Greg Cornfield

Gregory Cornfield is Commercial Observer’s Los Angeles editor. He grew up in Chicagoland and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Greg covered L.A. real estate news for The Real Deal, and was a breaking news reporter for City News Service Southern California.

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Voters stand in line for the 2026 California Primary Election at the Baltimore Hotel on Tuesday, June 2, in Los Angeles.
Residential · Investments & Sales
California

California Voters Will Decide If Local Taxes Should Be Harder to Approve

By Greg Cornfield
Rosemead Shopping Center Sign.
Retail · Finance
California

Wells Fargo Provides $46M Refi for SoCal Shopping Center

By Greg Cornfield
Construction workers working in the frame of a development in Los Angeles.
Residential · Development
California

L.A. Closer to Scaling Back ‘Mansion Tax’

By Greg Cornfield
Matthew Pestronk.
Residential · Development
Washington DC

Post Brothers President Matthew Pestronk On D.C.’s $750M Office Conversion

By Greg Cornfield
Newmark's Sage Segal (top), Jeff Cannon (center) and Greg Tippin, and an arrangement inside a flower shop.
Industrial · Investments & Sales
California

Expanding Floral Distributor Buys Facility in L.A. County

By Greg Cornfield
President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House before signing a proclamation in June.
Office · Investments & Sales
National

Trump’s Federal Building Selloff Runs Into $26B Repair Backlog

By Greg Cornfield
Andrew Saba.
Healthcare · Investments & Sales
California

Stockdale’s Andrew Saba On Medical Real Estate’s Supply-Demand Imbalance

By Greg Cornfield
JLL's Joe Anderson (top) and Greg Bisconti, and 6680 Cobra Way in San Diego.
Industrial · Leases
California

Tempo Signs HQ Lease in San Diego to Expand Industrial Electrification

By Greg Cornfield
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner (top), Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and homeless tents set up in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles.
Residential · Development
California

L.A. Mayor ‘Has Grave Concerns’ Amid Allegations at Homeless Agency

By Greg Cornfield
Food is stored in a facility in Los Angeles County.
Industrial · Leases
California

Two Warehouse Leases Combine for $30M in One of L.A.’s Industrial Corridors

By Greg Cornfield
Bay Club El Segundo.
Hospitality · Investments & Sales
California

Bay Club Company Buys El Segundo, Calif., Property for $42M: Updated

By Greg Cornfield
An illustration of a gavel on hundred dollar bills.
Industry · Finance
California

$1.34B Settlement Awarded in SoCal Property Fraud Case

By Greg Cornfield
Northwind Group's Ran Eliasaf (top), Brookfield's Brian Kingston, and 333 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles.
Office · Investments & Sales
California

601W Secures $132M to Buy Brookfield’s Downtown L.A. Office Tower

By Greg Cornfield
Matt Stewart of JLL Capital Markets and a warehouse interior.
Industrial · Finance
California

Karney Snags $34M Industrial Refi in Southern California

By Greg Cornfield
Sandy Sigal and the Desert Sky Plaza II Shopping Center Development in Victorville, Calif.
Retail · Leases
California

NewMark Merrill’s Future San Bernardino County Shopping Hub Signs 11 Tenants

By Greg Cornfield
Brian Malliet (top), Luke Petherbridge (center), Al Rabil (bottom), and Golden West Business Park, Inland Empire, Calif.
Industrial · Investments & Sales
National

Blackstone’s Link Logistics Sells Light Industrial Portfolio for $1.8B

By Greg Cornfield
Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex in Los Angeles in 2024.
Residential · Investments & Sales
California

L.A.’s ULA Transfer Tax Further Hamstrings Investment: Report

By Greg Cornfield