Southern California CRE Finance, Capital Markets & Dealmaking Conference

Why You Won't Want To Miss This Conference:

What You'll Learn: 

Capital Flow & Market Sentiment

• Which global and domestic investors are targeting Southern California, and which asset classes are drawing capital?
• How are lenders adjusting underwriting, risk tolerance, and structure in a transitioning economy?
• What are today’s real return expectations, and how do they compare to 2025?
  
   

Capital Stack & Deal Structuring

• How are developers building modern capital stacks using blends of debt, JV equity, preferred equity, private credit, bridge, and structured capital?
• How is the evolving cost of capital affecting pricing, yields, and cap rates across SoCal markets? 
• What’s necessary to close complex deals today? 
  
   

Economic Trends & Investment Strategy

• How is interest rate policy, inflation softening, and capital availability shaping transaction volume and velocity?
• What factors are prompting owners to sell, refinance, restructure, or hold through the cycle?
• The emerging investment strategies for 2026–2028: repricing opportunities, niche asset types, and long-term positioning.
  
   

Distress, Opportunity & Lending Relationships

• Where is distress surfacing and how are investors underwriting opportunistic or value-add plays?
• How are borrowers and lenders renegotiating terms and collaborating on solutions?
• How are liquidity constraints influencing valuations, deal timelines, and closing certainty?
  
   

New Capital Pathways

• Innovative fund structures and capital vehicles gaining traction in 2026.
• How is private credit, family offices, institutional alternatives, and cross-border capital influencing competition?
• Non-traditional lending and equity partnerships redefining the capital markets ecosystem.

How You'll Do More Business From Attending This CRE Event: Southern California continues to be a complex yet opportunity-rich capital markets environment. At this year’s conference, hear directly from the region’s most active lenders, equity sources, investors, owners, developers, and intermediaries as they assess capital flows, debt availability, and the evolving economics shaping CRE dealmaking in 2026. Discover how top players are capitalizing projects in a dynamic rate environment, which strategies are successfully unlocking liquidity, and where investors are placing capital across asset classes. Meet dealmakers face-to-face, gain clarity on the next 12-24 months, and leave with new relationships and real opportunities.

Notable Deals & Sales: 

Westwood Financial: Lands $145M Boost to Credit Facility, two new deals bring the firm’s total facility to $470 million

Bolour Associates Inc: Leverages more than 30 years of equity-side experience in all asset classes. The company recently rolled its debt platform into an evergreen fund structure, enabling greater speed in closing, flexibility in proceeds and rates, as well as increased diversification for its investors ///// $13.0M Refinance – San Diego, CA | R&D / Flex: Bolour closed a structured refinance on a Class A R&D / flex property in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. The loan included upfront and future‑funded reserves for tenant improvements, leasing commissions, and interest carry, enabling the asset to complete its transition to stabilized R&D use. The transaction highlights Bolour’s ability to deliver certainty of execution and customized capital solutions for technically complex assets ///// $22.25M Office Refinance – Orange County, CA: Village Business Park spans 144,000 square feet in two multi-tenant, two-story buildings located at 7000 and 7001 Village Dr. Currently at 82% occupancy, the BOLOUR loan provides capital to refinance and additional funds for future leasing needs to promote asset stability ///// $21.0M Timely Office Refinance – San Dimas, CA: Bolour delivered a $21.0 million refinance on a 100,000‑square‑foot office property in San Dimas, California. The financing addressed a pending loan maturity and provided tenant improvement capital, allowing the borrower to maintain momentum during a transitional leasing period. The transaction highlights Bolour’s ability to move quickly and provide certainty of execution in the office sector ///// $5.35MM Value-Add Medical Condo Acquisition Financing: Bolour provided $5.35 million in acquisition and renovation financing for a value‑add medical office condominium in San Diego. The loan supported the acquisition, repositioning, subdivision, and planned sale of a vacant medical condo asset, demonstrating Bolour’s expertise in financing specialized medical office and value‑add real estate strategies.

Why You Should Attend This Session: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.

Who You'll Network With At This Discussion: Owners, Developers, Investors, Lenders, Fund Managers, Financial Institutions, Mortgage Brokers, Capital Advisors, Transaction Attorneys & Public Sector Officials.

For questions, recommendations, comments or press inquiries please email our event producer, Samantha D'Angelo at samantha.dangelo@bisnow.com. 

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