Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim carries $17.5 billion of CMBS across 647 loans, and the headline read is calmer than the skyline suggests. Office is the largest book at $7.0 billion, yet it runs at a 5.4% distress rate — less than half the 11.3% national mark for the sector. The elevated pocket sits elsewhere: Industrial, at a 3.8% distress rate, is where the risk has surfaced. Across the wider book, distress is flat in the filed record, holding at 3.8% as of July 2026, with a median DSCR of 1.98.
The refinancing calendar is loaded, but not immediate. The heaviest maturity load lands in 2029 at $4.4 billion — a quarter of the book — and it comes in light on distress at 2.0%. The nearer 2027 vintage, $2.6 billion, carries the highest distress rate on the maturity ladder at 5.5%, a note for desks watching the front end.
The on-the-ground record is where the strain reads more plainly. The metro logged 403 distress events over the past year, spanning 135 store closures and 268 layoff notices touching 21,047 jobs. Unemployment stands at 5.0% as of July 2026, down 0.8 points year over year, with office-using employment off 0.8%. It is a market where the servicer-declared numbers stay quiet and the labor signal does the talking.
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, all four vetted distress signals are elevated right now, with 4 of 4 legs reading hot and all 6 possible pairwise comparisons agreeing there is distress — no pairs are quiet and none disagree.
Store closures are the standout: the metro ranks 1st of 392 metros by count with 133 closures, at a rate of 2.45 per 100,000 jobs, though that rate rank is 126th — the level is driven by the metro's enormous job base. WARN layoff notices are also 1st of 386 with 439 notices, a 0.33% share of employment. Bank CRE over the noncurrent line sits at $14,276.8 million (11.12% of allocated CRE, 4th of 393 by count), and securitized loans in special servicing total 39 rows (3.71% of the tracked balance, 4th of 335). All four legs are elevated regardless of whether you rank by raw count or rate, with no blind legs and no size-driven readings to discount.
The unanimous agreement across all six pairs is structurally meaningful: closures and WARN both point to real distress at the tenant level, bank and CMBS stress both show up on the lender side, and even the bank-CMBS pair — two genuinely different books that often diverge — agrees here. No measurement caveat undermines the picture; the only nuance is that the bank leg is allocated by branch deposits rather than confirmed at the property, but the CMBS leg, which is property-located, corroborates it.
| Signal | Level | Rate | Rank by count | Rank by rate | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| store closures store closures per 100,000 jobs |
133 closures | 2.45 per 100k jobs | 1 of 392 | 126 of 392 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
|
| layoff notices (WARN) workers on layoff notices as a share of the metro's employment |
439 notices | 0.33% | 1 of 386 | 60 of 386 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
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| bank CRE at lenders over the noncurrent line share of the CRE lent into this metro that sits at a lender over the blended-noncurrent line |
$14.28bn | 11.12% | 4 of 393 | 56 of 393 | elevated
allocated 2026-03-31
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| securitized loans in special servicing share of the securitized balance read here that is in special servicing |
39 loan records | 3.71% | 4 of 335 | 79 of 335 | elevated 2026-07-29
|
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, distress signals are elevated across both credit and real-economy metrics: bank-distressed CRE exposure is material at $14.28bn, with 21.6% of bank CRE at risk (90th percentile) and distressed bank assets of 12.60; CMBS special servicing is also elevated at $650.0mm, representing 3.7% of metro UPB; and ground-level signals are firing with 133 store closures and 439 WARN notices over one year. The signal convergence reading is 4. The reading for bank CRE allocation share is unavailable.
| Bank | Deposit share | CRE / Capital* | Room contributed | Noncurrent CRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smbc Manubank CA | 100.0% | 155% total 182%
|
🔒 | 0.13% |
| Farmers And Merchants Bank Of Long Beach CA | 96.5% | 255% total 299%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Ctbc Bank Corp. (Usa) CA | 60.3% | 214% total 252%
|
🔒 | 2.90% |
| First General Bank CA | 100.0% | 206% total 272%
|
🔒 | 1.99% |
| New Omni Bank, National Association CA | 100.0% | 130% total 147%
|
🔒 | 9.43% |
| Citizens Business Bank, National Association CA | 54.5% | 281% total 406%
|
🔒 | 0.06% |
| First Bank MO | 28.2% | 184% total 273%
|
🔒 | 0.09% |
| First Commercial Bank (Usa) CA | 69.8% | 163% total 191%
|
🔒 | 1.96% |
| Banc Of California CA | 61.4% | 291% total 334%
|
🔒 | 4.24% |
| Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Usa, National Association NY | 19.2% | 154% total 183%
|
🔒 | 11.70% |
| Evertrust Bank CA | 67.8% | 211% total 253%
|
🔒 | 0.44% |
| Open Bank CA | 92.3% | 255% total 458%
|
🔒 | 3.02% |
| Everbank, National Association FL | 1.6% | 169% total 175%
|
🔒 | 1.03% |
| Commonwealth Business Bank CA | 72.5% | 259% total 453%
|
🔒 | 1.29% |
| Mission Valley Bank CA | 100.0% | 225% total 397%
|
🔒 | 0.17% |
| Calprivate Bank CA | 42.5% | 252% total 431%
|
🔒 | 0.40% |
| Israel Discount Bank Of New York NY | 7.2% | 250% total 347%
|
🔒 | 0.68% |
| American Continental Bank CA | 83.4% | 196% total 264%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Community Commerce Bank CA | 100.0% | 225% total 284%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Bank Of Whittier, National Association CA | 86.9% | 107% total 228%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| American First National Bank TX | 17.1% | 258% total 487%
|
🔒 | 0.40% |
| Shinhan Bank America NY | 22.8% | 257% total 382%
|
🔒 | 0.88% |
| State Bank Of India (California) CA | 50.3% | 276% total 327%
|
🔒 | 1.91% |
| Gbc International Bank CA | 62.2% | 269% total 379%
|
🔒 | 0.12% |
| First Pacific Bank CA | 74.1% | 243% total 395%
|
🔒 | 0.31% |
| Banner Bank WA | 2.0% | 253% total 379%
|
🔒 | 0.22% |
| Mission Bank CA | 19.6% | 263% total 424%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Beneficial State Bank CA | 13.0% | 285% total 395%
|
🔒 | 3.44% |
| Balboa Thrift And Loan Association CA | 14.4% | 235% total 238%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Beach Cities Commercial Bank CA | 81.4% | 273% total 633%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| United Pacific Bank CA | 100.0% | 375% total 461%
|
🔒 | 2.60% |
| Universal Bank CA | 100.0% | 347% total 368%
|
🔒 | 3.91% |
| Eastern International Bank CA | 100.0% | 365% total 425%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Malaga Bank F.s.b. CA | 100.0% | 473% total 473%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Pacific Alliance Bank CA | 100.0% | 407% total 443%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Mega Bank CA | 100.0% | 372% total 450%
|
🔒 | 1.93% |
| American Plus Bank, N.a. CA | 100.0% | 455% total 483%
|
🔒 | 0.04% |
| Partners Bank Of California CA | 100.0% | 365% total 548%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Genesis Bank CA | 98.3% | 442% total 532%
|
🔒 | 0.05% |
| Oneunited Bank MA | 92.1% | 609% total 611%
|
🔒 | 0.38% |
| Pcb Bank CA | 88.5% | 304% total 471%
|
🔒 | 0.13% |
| Us Metro Bank CA | 87.8% | 393% total 560%
|
🔒 | 1.97% |
| Preferred Bank CA | 85.0% | 357% total 380%
|
🔒 | 2.33% |
| Golden State Bank CA | 80.5% | 420% total 612%
|
🔒 | 1.02% |
| Sunwest Bank UT | 76.9% | 327% total 467%
|
🔒 | 0.49% |
| Commercial Bank Of California CA | 75.1% | 470% total 592%
|
🔒 | 0.02% |
| Liberty Bank, National Association CA | 54.8% | 480% total 519%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Habib American Bank NY | 35.4% | 526% total 599%
|
🔒 | 0.85% |
| California Bank Of Commerce, National Association CA | 34.7% | 313% total 437%
|
🔒 | 0.22% |
| City First Bank, National Association DC | 29.3% | 378% total 438%
|
🔒 | 1.20% |
| Golden Bank, National Association TX | 20.3% | 327% total 505%
|
🔒 | 2.27% |
| United Business Bank CA | 18.8% | 402% total 555%
|
🔒 | 0.48% |
| Poppy Bank CA | 12.8% | 360% total 557%
|
🔒 | 2.15% |
| Southwestern National Bank TX | 12.3% | 321% total 540%
|
🔒 | 0.34% |
| Mechanics Bank CA | 9.6% | 340% total 362%
|
🔒 | 0.30% |
| Wallis Bank TX | 9.1% | 419% total 676%
|
🔒 | 1.67% |
| First Western Trust Bank CO | 0.0% | 312% total 384%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Bank | Total CRE | CRE / Capital* | Noncurrent CRE | Early Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Banc | $246M | 529% total 535%
|
34.74% | 🔒 |
| New Omni Bank, National Association | $211M | 130% total 147%
|
9.43% | 🔒 |
| First Credit Bank | $361M | 110% total 146%
|
3.21% | 🔒 |
| Banc Of California | $11.9B | 291% total 334%
|
4.24% | 🔒 |
| Universal Bank | $250M | 347% total 368%
|
3.91% | 🔒 |
| Open Bank | $1.4B | 255% total 458%
|
3.02% | 🔒 |
| Preferred Bank | $3.8B | 357% total 380%
|
2.33% | 🔒 |
| Us Metro Bank | $1.0B | 393% total 560%
|
1.97% | 🔒 |
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, the answer is borderline yes but only because the math hinges on committed draws. The market has a maturing CMBS balance of $4.59bn across 190 loans, and regional/community banks here show room_after_committed of $2.69bn (down from room_before_committed of $4.72bn, after subtracting $3.70bn in committed draws). That gives a wall_to_room of 1.71—above the median of 0.20 and ranking it 40 of 270 among the most strained metros—but the wall_to_room_before_committed_draws is 0.97, meaning local bank capacity nearly covers the wall if not for those prior commitments. The distressed_share is a modest 4.0%, though the CMBS UPB totals $17.18bn, and the 57 qualifying banks versus 23 excluded here aren't skewing the read. So, banks could absorb the maturing debt in theory, but with committed draws already eating into room, refinancing capacity is stretched—the wall exceeds remaining room by a wide margin.
| REIT | SS NOI | SS Revenue | Occupancy | Rent | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVB | — | +1.5% | 96.0% | +1.6% | 2026-07-30 |
| CPT | +1.8% | +3.6% | 95.1% | +1.4% | 2026-04-30 |
| EQR | -1.0% | +0.7% | 95.7% | +0.7% | 2026-04-28 |
| ESS | — | +1.5% | 95.7% | — | 2026-07-30 |
| UDR | +2.5% | +2.0% | 96.3% | +2.7% | 2026-07-27 |
In the past 365 days, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has recorded 3 CRE bankruptcy filings, 20,759 jobs affected, 131 store closures, and 263 WARN notices. Note that the bankruptcy count is a state proxy, not a metro-native count, and the jobs figure is a floor since notices without a stated headcount contribute zero. Store closures and layoffs are matched by ZIP code, with only approved rows counted.