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About Auction.com: Torrance, CA - September 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Auction.com, the nation’s leading online real estate marketplace, and its Luxury Home Division (www.auction.com/luxury) reaffirmed its strength in the luxury residential market with the recent successful auctions of three non-distressed luxury properties in Newport Coast, Newport Beach and Santa Ynez.

Torrance, CA - September 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- General contractor C.W. Driver has begun construction on a 100,000-square-foot renovation and 30,000-square-foot expansion project for the existing 1957-built Storm and Nasatir building complex at the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego. Designed by LPA Inc., to achieve LEED® Gold certification, the complex will offer program space for eight academic departments including anthropology, geography and foreign languages, among others. When completed in January 2015, the $73 million complex will include new and upgraded classroom technologies, academic and research laboratories, and faculty offices for the College of Arts and Letters.

Torrance, CA - September 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premier builder serving the Western United States since 1919, has hired Steven Nelson as vice president of estimating in the firm’s Pasadena office. In his role, Nelson will act as a trusted advisor for the firm’s long list of clients and will be responsible for providing estimates on the firm’s preconstruction services and proposals, as the company continues to grow. A 30-year industry veteran, Nelson’s extensive experience will be a crucial component to the firms various practice areas including commercial and industrial projects, healthcare, retail and education

Torrance, CA - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) experienced a facelift this summer when construction manager C.W. Driver completed $20 million worth of upgrades at 10 schools located throughout the district. While budgeting and timeliness remain top priority in education construction projects, C.W. Driver was entrusted to deliver each project on time and within budget. Working simultaneously on the 10 projects, C.W. Driver completed the work in August 2012.

Torrance, CA - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the leading broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the nation, has closed a $4.6 million industrial sale in Los Angeles. The 51,149-square-foot property is located at 1875 East 22nd Street

Torrance, CA - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Erik Thompson and Luke Hudson of Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, have been promoted to principal of the Orange office. The former associates host a wealth of knowledge of the local real estate market

Torrance, CA - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a transaction involving a UPS Ground Freight facility, Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate brokerage firms in the country, has closed a sale for an industrial property in San Leandro, Calif. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed

Torrance, CA - August 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates-North San Diego County, a member of one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has promoted Mary Kay Bier to shareholder.

Torrance, CA - August 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a leader in Southern California healthcare construction, has broken ground on Palomar Health’s new $4.5 million satellite clinic, the Ramona Ambulatory Care Center in Ramona, Calif. Designed by San Diego-based Mascari Warner Architects, the 7,600-square-foot, single-story outpatient medical clinic built on approximately an acre of land will expand the healthcare services for the Ramona community.

Torrance, CA - August 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has hired Ronald Benson, AIA, NCARB, LEED® AP, as senior associate in its Los Angeles office. A licensed senior project manager with more than 25 years of international and domestic experience, Benson will join the firm’s higher education and healthcare practice groups.

Torrance, CA - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates Ontario, the Inland Empire office for Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has completed a 10-year lease for System Services of America, Inc. (SSA) with Metropolitan Life Insurance, located at 13204-13250 Philadelphia Avenue in Fontana for $9.08 million.

Torrance, CA - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In lease negotiations involving both the FBI and Verizon Wireless, Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has closed two deals at 4811 Airport Plaza in Long Beach, Calif.

Torrance , CA - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a move to better serve its agents and clientele, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has relocated to a new office space in Mission Valley, Calif. Centrally located near two major freeways and the Fashion Valley Mall, the new 7,960-square-foot office features an open floor plan and collaborative space that is conducive to productivity.

Torrance, CA - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The historic Brown Derby building in Los Feliz has sold for $9.25 million. Located at 4500 Los Feliz Blvd., the 14,000-square-foot restaurant-retail building was once owned by famed Hollywood director Cecile B. DeMille and is the site of the last of the original four local Brown Derby restaurants.

Torrance, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Principals Keith H. Fielding, Tibor S. Lody, and Aleks Trifunovic , who previously worked as a team with Klabin Company, will provide an immediate impact with 40 years of collective experience and a long-standing relationship with the West Los Angeles market.

Torrance, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A portfolio of four multifamily properties in the Brentwood and West Los Angeles communities of Los Angeles has sold in separate transactions totaling more than $12 million, according to Mike Smith, Jim Fisher and Craig Stevens, principals of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, who represented the seller in all the transactions and the buyers in two of the transactions.

Torrance, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michael R. Ray has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as a partner in the firm’s corporate and real estate private equity practice areas. Based in the Los Angeles office, Ray was previously a corporate partner with Husch Blackwell LLP.

Torrance, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction is complete for Nadel Architects-designed Heritage Plaza, a 230,000-square-foot retail center in Irvine, Calif. Originally designed in the 1970s, Heritage Plaza, owned by Regency Centers, is one of the oldest shopping centers in Irvine. The $10 million renovation project repositioned the center to best meet the diverse needs of current and future customer demand.

Torrance, CA - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Robert D. Erickson, Mark Leonard and Marc Spellman, Principals of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, Inc. (www.lee-associates.com), transacted the sale of a 46,321-square-foot office building at 26025 Mureau Road in Calabasas, Calif., the fourth and final Calabasas Commerce Center asset in a portfolio that had been owned by Arden Realty. The purchase price exceeded $7 million.

Torrance, CA - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Once named Home of the Year by San Diego Home and Garden Magazine, the 3,700-square-foot oceanfront home, aptly named “Seascape Cardiff,” has hit the market for $4.3 million in San Diego’s coastal beach community, Cardiff by the Sea. Listed by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agent Kelly Howard, the four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom home is a unique architectural dwelling featuring the highest level of modern contemporary appeal.