In this post we are looking at 1Q21 Medical Office Building (MOB) performance for major metro areas located in California. Generally the California metros outperform the top 50 Metro benchmark in several key areas. On occupancy, 3 of the 4 largest California metros exhibit higher MOB occupancy compared the top 50 benchmark. San Jose is the highest ranked CBSA for occupancy at 94.6% as of 1Q21 and San Francisco is not far behind at 94.1%. On Rent Growth, San Francisco and San Diego both outperform the Top 50 benchmark while Los Angeles and San Jose were underneath the benchmark as of 1Q21. And on TTM transaction volume, Los Angeles was the top ranked metro as of 1Q21. Its volume of $789.3M represented over 10% of the total transaction volume in the top 50 metros.
| CBSA | Occupancy Rate TTM (%) | SS Rent Growth (%) | TTM Transaction Volume |
| Los Angeles | 91.7 | 1.8 | $789.3M |
| San Francisco | 94.1 | 2.5 | $29.2M |
| San Diego | 91.4 | 2.5 | $349.4M |
| San Jose | 94.6 | 0.9 | $174.0M |
| Top50 Metros | 91.5 | 1.9 | $6.9B |
