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Torrance, CA - June 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, represented both the buyer and seller in a $5.7 million industrial sale at 1400 Victoria Ave., in San Bernardino, Calif.

Torrance, CA - June 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on the $1.2 million sale of a 10,600 square foot industrial complex at 1746 Tyler Ave., in South El Monte, Calif.

Torrance, CA - June 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a move further signaling the evolution of one of the nation’s largest commercial brokerage firms, Lee & Associates has named 34-year industry veteran Duncan Lemmon as president of its West Los Angeles office. Lemmon, who has spent more than half his career with Lee & Associates, will head the office, which has been dominant in the creative office/entertainment sector of L.A.’s West Side.

Torrance, CA - June 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates Central Coast, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm, has closed on the $2.1 million sale of a 1.12 acre parcel in San Luis Obispo, Calif., where buyer, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, will build a 10,000-square foot store due to open in Q1 2012.

Torrance, CA - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For Christine Deschaine, it was the running water she missed most. Traveling through the Amazon on a small medical boat, she volunteered to work in a mobile dental clinic and assisted a team providing extractions to those living in remote villages. Almost two weeks passed as she traveled between flooded villages with few modern conveniences. Amidst this exotic jungle and beautiful terrain, that was still the biggest culture shock. Yet the gratitude and welcoming faces of the people she helped made it hard for Deschaine to be anything but grateful herself.

Torrance, CA - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brooks Paine of Keystone Pacific Property Management has earned the Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM®) designation through the California Association of Community Managers.

Torrance, CA - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on the $9.25 million sale of the Empire Corporate Center office building complex located at 800 N. Haven Ave., in Ontario, Calif.

Torrance, CA - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) announces the acquisition of The Vintage at The Crosby development in San Diego in a joint venture with Davidson Communities LLC. This represents the third acquisition made by the MREC/Davidson partnership in San Diego County. The value of the transaction could not be disclosed.

Torrance, CA - June 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- After nearly 12 years of public service with Los Angeles World Airport eventually rising to the level of Executive Director, Lydia Kennard will return to KDG Development & Construction Consulting as its President and Chief Executive Officer. KDG was founded in 1980 as an offshoot of the architectural firm that began in 1957 by Ms. Kennard’s late father, the renowned African-American architect Robert Kennard. Jack Wickersham will continue in his current role as Chief of Operations.

Torrance, CA - May 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keystone Pacific Property Management has promoted Tonja Gray from architectural coordinator to community manager for the CZ Master Association in Coto de Caza, Calif.

May 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $1.9 million sales transaction for a 42,700-square-foot industrial building located at 7260 Sycamore Canyon Boulevard in Riverside, California.

Torrance, CA - May 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate services firm, closed the $1.8 million sale of a 22,400-square-foot industrial property at 5217 Industry Ave., in Pico Rivera, Calif. Senior Vice Presidents Jeff Bethel of Lee & Associates’ City of Industry office and Peter D. Bacci of Lee & Associates-Central Los Angeles represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Daniels Western Meat Packers, Inc., a meat and food products supplier since 1953, purchased the property in an all cash deal from Burke & McCoy Family Trusts.

Torrance, CA In a clear signal of the firm’s ongoing nationwide expansion and evolutionary growth, Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial brokerage firms, has named its first CEO in its 32-year history. Industry veteran Edward J. Indvik, who has spent the past 20 years with Lee & Associates, steps into the role immediately after being selected CEO by Lee & Associates’ presidents in April.

Torrance, CA - May 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The University of Southern California Ross Minority Program in Real Estate, a professional training program that teaches real estate fundamentals to individuals interested in creating positive change in emerging communities, is still accepting applications for its summer session that begins June 9.

Torrance, CA - May 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Over the years, Los Angeles notables such as Gene Autry, Mayor Tom Bradley, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Pete Carroll, Councilwoman Jan Perry and Frank Gehry, have been honored by the Los Angeles Headquarters Association (LAHQ) for shaping the city’s economic success and quality of life.

Torrance, CA - May 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Casale as principal of Lee’s San Diego-UTC office. Casale brings 30 years of experience in investment brokerage, commercial property ownership and property management.

San Diego, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premier builder serving the Western U.S. since 1919, furthers its impact in the local construction and real estate arena by debuting a pair of design-build libraries in San Diego. Along with providing cultural gathering points for their respective communities, the Fallbrook Library in Fallbrook, Calif., and the Ramona Library in Ramona, Calif., were built to LEED specifications while highlighting C.W. Driver’s positive impact on San Diego County.

Torrance, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Andy Alarcon has joined Keystone Pacific Property Management as a community association manager where he will be managing a portfolio of communities in Orange County.

Los Angeles, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has won a 2011 AIA Inland California Chapter Honorable Mention for the School of Visual, Performing and Communication Arts at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The project won in the Institutional/Educational/Civic category.

Torrance, CA - May 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Shelby Q. McMahon has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate. Based in the Los Angeles office, she focuses on various aspects of property transactions such as acquisitions, sales and financing.