Patrick Sisson – Commercial Observer

An illustration of various commercial real estate asset classes sitting on a fireplace mantle.

Industry · Capital Markets

Commercial Real Estate’s Biggest New Financing Source? Really Rich People.

By Patrick Sisson

A lagoon at Cotino, a master-planned community Disney is building in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Industrial · Development

Is Prop 45 a Quick Fix to California’s Slow Construction Pace?

By Patrick Sisson

An Amazon delivery person drives an E-Assisted delivery vehicle in Manhattan.

Industrial · Leases

Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Expansion Reignites Demand for Last-Mile Logistics

By Patrick Sisson

Wholesale produce warehouse in Los Angeles.

Industrial · Leases

As Investors Pull Back, L.A. Warehouse Users Step In

By Patrick Sisson

Bank of America Plaza at 333 South Hope Street in Los Angeles.

Industry · Leases

L.A. Might Be Commercial Real Estate’s Best-Kept Secret

By Patrick Sisson

These are parts of an IBM quantum system. IBM is one of the big quantum computing tenants.

Office · Leases

The Quantum Coast: Meet America’s Top New Tech Hub

By Patrick Sisson

People pose for photos beneath the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.

Industrial · Leases

Billion-Dollar Blockbusters Won’t Revive L.A.’s Film Industry

By Patrick Sisson

People shop in the Santee Alley area of the Fashion District in Los Angeles.

Retail · Leases

In Los Angeles Retail, a Widening Divide

By Patrick Sisson

TOPSHOT - An investor reacts as he monitors the share index at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur on September 18, 2008. Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were broadly lower at mid-day amid a global sell-off triggered by growing concerns over the extent of the United States credit crunch and domestic political uncertainties, dealers said.

Industry · Finance

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Distress Is Peaking — Again

By Patrick Sisson

Contractors working for KPC begin power washing and removing graffiti off the Oceanwide Plaza during a test run of graffiti removal in Downtown Los Angeles on July 22.

Residential · Finance

KPC Group’s Oceanwide Plaza Bet Started With a Supertall Dream for Manhattan

By Patrick Sisson

Mortars are seen at General Dynamics plant.

Industrial · Leases

For Southern California, Defense Tech Is the Best Real Estate Offense

By Patrick Sisson

A shipping container is loaded at the Port of Los Angeles.

Industrial · Leases

Shifting Fortunes for L.A.’s Ports Boost Surrounding Industrial Real Estate

By Patrick Sisson

A firefighter walks down the street as a massive warehouse fire at a Lineage cold storage facility burns on June 20 in Los Angeles.

Industrial · Development

Too Big to Burn: L.A. Takes Harder Look at Megawarehouses After Cold Storage Fire

By Patrick Sisson

Los Angeles City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman makes a campaign stop at an empty lot in the Palisades Fire zone.

Residential · Development

Can Nithya Raman Make L.A. a City of Yes?

By Patrick Sisson

A view of the so-called Graffiti Towers, where graffiti writers tagged 40 floors of an unfinished luxury skyscraper development in March 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Construction of the $1 billion Oceanwide Plaza luxury real estate development stalled in 2019 after a China-based developer ran out of funding, leaving the three-tower project unfinished amid a housing crisis in the city. The project is located across the street from the Crypto.com Arena.

Residential · Finance

Oceanwide Plaza Sale Set to Advance After L.A. Drops Objections

By Patrick Sisson

A woman passes by Vista Terrace, a 102-unit, affordable and supportive housing apartment complex on Van Nuys Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Residential · Investments & Sales

Los Angeles’ Moribund Multifamily Market Shows Signs of Life

By Patrick Sisson

A rendering of the planned Fourth and Central project in Downtown Los Angeles.

Residential · Development

Can One Giant Project Change the Narrative Around Downtown Los Angeles?

By Patrick Sisson