Riverside Unified and UCR call off $134M STEM high school
The Riverside Record: After more than a decade of planning and roughly $1.5 million in environmental review and lease work the district can't recover, the two sides walked away Friday, citing new leadership at both institutions.
Riverside halts new pallet yards after 29 fires since 2025
Raincross Gazette: Council passed an urgency ordinance unanimously Tuesday, citing 29 fire incidents at pallet storage yards since January 2025 and a March fire that hospitalized three firefighters.
Ontario Welcome Center launches Visit California accessibility initiative
Inland Empire Magazine: Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau picked as launchpad for the statewide accessibility tourism push.
ONT freight grows 15% in March; passenger growth hits four-month streak
Inland Empire Business Journal: First-quarter passenger volume up 4.1% and air freight tonnage up 12.7% year-over-year at Ontario International Airport.
San Bernardino Starbucks sells in $8.14M two-property package
Inland Empire Business Journal: Hanley Investment Group brokered the two-property deal; only the San Bernardino property is in the IE.
Pollo Campero ground lease in Lake Elsinore sells for $2.93M
Inland Empire Business Journal: Hanley Investment Group calls it a near four-year low cap rate benchmark.
Wienerschnitzel building in Ontario sells for $2.8M
Inland Empire Business Daily: Private investor buys the 2,700 sf free-standing building at 4605 Mills Circle.
$3M for a Chino warehouse near the 71 Freeway
Inland Empire Business Daily: InHouse Media Group bought the 9,200 sf building at 14963 Sierra Bonita Lane.
Morongo backs Tower Buzzers, puts its name on Quakes field
Inland Empire Business Journal: Multi-year deals with the new Tower Buzzers (Dodgers affiliate) and the Quakes — whose field is now Morongo Field at the Epicenter.
Rivian moves into a 49,000 sf Perris building
Inland Empire Business Journal: The 49,000 sf Dedeaux building goes to Rivian as East IE leasing tops 6M square feet in Q4 2025 — the first time since Q3 2022.
Whole Foods-anchored Marketplace clears Redlands council
Inland Empire Business Journal: 71,400 sf neighborhood retail at Lugonia and Tennessee, with 1,000+ approved homes nearby driving demand.
Ontario hotel raises $103M to become a Hyatt Regency
Inland Empire Business Journal: Pairs $26M in C-PACE bonds with $77M in tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds — unusual structure at this scale for IE hospitality.