Orange County Business Journal executive editor Katie Murar has been hired by real estate news service CoStar as its West Coast regional editor.

She has been executive editor since August 2023 and previously was managing editor.

Murar also worked at real estate news service Bisnow as its West Coast editor and at the Pacific Business News in Honolulu as a reporter covering the tourism and restaurant industry.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a master’s degree from Northwestern University.