Megan Creecy-Herman

Megan Creecy-Herman has one of the biggest regional jobs in the industrial real estate world — and Southern California is arguably the most important piece of it.

As president of Prologis’ U.S. West Region, Creecy-Herman oversees more than 265 million square feet of logistics and industrial real estate spanning Greater Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Phoenix, Denver and other western markets. She is responsible for acquisitions, development and operations across the portfolio.

The numbers in Southern California alone are enormous. Prologis remains the largest industrial owner in the Inland Empire, with roughly 210 properties totaling 85 million square feet and another 3 million square feet in its pipeline as of the first quarter. And Prologis’ second-quarter filings show roughly 530 acres of Southern California development land capable of supporting another 9.7 million square feet.

That pipeline includes a planned 614,520-square-foot industrial park in Fontana, set to break ground in the fourth quarter, and a fully entitled 337-acre logistics center in Victorville, where individual build-to-suit projects can reach 1.5 million square feet.

Meanwhile, some familiar warehouse demand is returning. A little company by the name of Amazon signed the largest industrial lease in Greater L.A. in the fourth quarter of 2025, committing to 615,000 square feet at a Prologis facility in the City of Commerce. Prologis executives have pointed to improving absorption in the Inland Empire, and a broader recovery in Southern California in general, while demand is increasingly propelled by advanced manufacturing and e-commerce.

Creecy-Herman has long argued that Southern California’s fundamentals are unusually difficult to replicate.

“I don’t think any of the competing other areas of commercial real estate have the kind of fundamental momentum that industrial has,” she told Commercial Observer in 2024.