Mark Mueller
News Editor/Reporter
Mark Mueller covers commercial and residential real estate for the Orange County Business Journal. His beat also includes title insurers and mortgage lenders, as well as government stories that relate to real estate. He can be reached at mueller@ocbj.com.
Phone: 949-833-8373 Extension: 226
Recent Stories
Long Beach’s Real Estate Reach Long
REAL ESTATE: Douglas Park hotspot for developers from OC
Orange County’s main hub of business might be the area around John Wayne Airport, but for several members of OC’s real estate development community, LGB has been the preferred destination over the past few years, not SNA.
Lyon Lead for Next Great Park Homes Leg
REAL ESTATE: $166M land buy for homes starting at $350K
William Lyon Homes (NYSE: WLH) has been tapped to build one of the most unique home developments in Orange County in several years, a 536-unit project at Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine with a large number of affordably priced homes.
Retail Center Near South Coast Plaza Sells for $46.5M
JH Real Estate Partners Swaps Rentals for Retail
Newport Beach-based JH Real Estate Partners Inc. recently added a big local property to its growing retail portfolio, a shopping center across the street from South Coast Plaza.
Premier Business Centers Tops in Co-Working in OC
REAL ESTATE: Bascom unit has 15 OC sites, 277K SF
Premier Business Centers doesn’t have the Wall Street buzz WeWork Inc. does or brand-new locations in some of Orange County’s recently built or redesigned office developments like some other co-working peers, such as Spaces.
Santa Ana’s MainPlace Eyed for Big Makeover
REAL ESTATE: Apartments, offices, hotels proposed for site
The owners of MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana, Orange County’s ninth-largest shopping center by sales, have proposed an extensive overhaul of the roughly 50-acre property.
Industrial Market Gets Infusion of Needed New Blood
Industrial Pipeline Biggest It Has Been Here in Years
There are signs of life for development in Orange County’s aging industrial market.
Irvine Office Projects Dominate OC Development
4M SF of New Ones Opened Here in Past Year
Orange County’s commercial development community was buoyed over the year ended April 30 by a surge of office openings, primarily in Irvine, the country’s biggest office market.
Construction Firms Report Solid Gains; 10-Year High
$9.1B in Commercial Work By Local Offices
Orange County’s largest commercial construction companies defied some worrisome regional trends to post their best revenue year in a decade.
Busy Irvine Retail Center Eyes More Shops, Parking
23,000-SF Expansion On Tap for 1.7-Acre Site
The owners of the popular Diamond Jamboree shopping center in Irvine are proceeding with plans for a sizable addition to their project.
CEO Unfazed By ‘No’ Vets Cemetery Vote
REAL ESTATE: Revised land plans one more tweak to site
FivePoint Communities Inc. Chief Executive Emile Haddad continues to strike a positive tone on the future of Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine, despite an election loss that will result in another change in plans for part of the former El Toro Marine base.
