SoCal industrial snapshot
Southern California has 346 industrial properties (10k–100k sf) for sale, averaging $340/psf (down $0.50) with days on market at 296 (down 34 days) — a useful pricing proxy for owner-user and investor appetite. (x.com)
Sublease inventory across Southern California measured roughly 22.2 million square feet in February 2026, with Riverside and San Bernardino counties containing about 74% of that sublease stock. (smithcre.com) Orange County sale prices led SoCal in Q4 2025, averaging $406.52 per square foot—up $2.91 quarter-over-quarter and $17.54 year-over-year. (cargilecg.com) Los Angeles asking lease rates averaged $1.43 per square foot in Q4 2025, down from a $1.88 peak in Q2 2023, even as national industrial vacancy held near 7.1% in the second half of 2025. (voitco.com, cushmanwakefield.com) The Inland Empire recorded negative net absorption of about 291,000 square feet in Q4 2025, and core lease rates in the IE core fell to approximately $1.03 NNN per square foot that quarter. (cbre.com) Port activity remained a structural demand anchor: the Port of Long Beach handled about 9.9 million TEUs in 2025 while the Port of Los Angeles moved roughly 9.5 million TEUs in 2025. (voitco.com) Transaction volume and investor behavior show recalibration—industrial transactions tracked by Yardi Matrix totaled about $43.2 billion through August 2025 at an average price near $137 per square foot, while Southern California cap-rate and pricing expectations are being reassessed by institutional buyers. (voitco.com, keyzcre.com)
