Lou Hirsh

Mall giant Westfield plans to reopen four of its San Diego County malls next Friday with social distancing and other restrictions, after the county this week was granted permission by the state to ...

Two years after significant layoffs and space cutbacks in its San Diego headquarters neighborhood, wireless tech giant Qualcomm Inc. is now expanding its office footprint as it capitalizes on ...

This story has been updated to include a decision by lawmakers Friday to approve the plan.

San Diego County stores and restaurants can soon provide indoor services at half-capacity with proper social distancing, after state officials granted the region permission to enter the next phase of ...

The sale of a San Diego biotech-focused office campus is the latest of several big deals this year sparked by the region's growing life-science industry, with space demand fueled by factors including ...

Los Angeles County officials are aiming for the full or phased reopening of restaurants, stores and malls on July 4, as California's hardest-hit and most-populous region looks to rebound from the ...

The buyer of a Los Angeles County power plant property is pausing to reexamine how to redevelop one of the largest sites on the Southern California coast following uncertainties created by the ...

Owners of City National Plaza, one of downtown Los Angeles' most prominent office properties, have granted rent deferments to law firm Paul Hastings and two marquee restaurant tenants, an indicator ...

Coffee chain Starbucks is demanding rent breaks that would last at least a year, a sign that landlords of nationwide restaurants could feel the financial fallout from coronavirus-spurred closings ...

San Diego regional health officials are seeking to postpone or slow down openings scheduled for next week at three tribe-owned casino-hotel properties, out of concerns over potential impacts on the ...

Beaches in the Los Angeles area have been reopened, the latest in a series of modifications to coronavirus-spurred stay-at-home orders that officials now say are expected to stay in place through at ...

A key test of social distancing for entertainment properties is set to unfold on Thursday as Universal Orlando Resort in Florida opens nine retail and entertainment venues with social-distancing and ...

Caesars Entertainment, one of the nation's largest owner-operators of hotels and casinos, is anticipating its first phased reopenings of casinos over the next two weeks as states ease ...

Developers Trammell Crow and Clarion Partners have closed escrow on a remaining 137-acre portion of land at Center at Needham Ranch industrial park in Santa Clarita, California, where they are ...

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt another blow to the nation’s already-struggling buffet-style restaurants, with the parent of the Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes chains reportedly deciding to ...

Douglas Emmett Inc., among the Los Angeles region’s biggest office landlords, is working with local cities to ensure that it isn’t giving out what it calls free loans in the form of rent deferments ...

California officials issued second-stage guidelines intended to put more retail, logistics and manufacturing companies on a path to post-coronavirus pandemic normalcy starting Friday, allowing them ...

The Cheesecake Factory is preparing for a post-coronavirus return to business by modifying some of its real estate plans and reopening some restaurant dining rooms starting next week at up to 50% ...

Developer Hudson Pacific Properties is anticipating increased post-pandemic demand for its spaces where major media production companies were active around Los Angeles, a city where sound stage space ...

Walt Disney Co. said it is planning to use lessons it learns from reopening a China theme park next week as part of preparations to eventually reopen its flagship U.S. parks, Disney World and ...