Yearly Archives: 2011

Torrance, CA - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Markus Ashley of Keystone Pacific Property Management has returned to the Temecula office as a senior community association manager. “Markus brings a high level of experience to our Temecula office and will be a valuable addition to the Keystone Pacific team,” said Denise Bergstrom, vice president of association management of Keystone Pacific Property Management.

TUSTIN, CA - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gold Max of California announced today they are on track to open 100 Gold Max stores in Southern California within the next year. With more than 150 stores, Gold Max operates the United States’ largest chain of stores specializing in buying gold and precious metals from consumers. Gold Max entered the Southern California market in the fall of 2010 and opened 8 stores. Since retaining Present Value Properties as its exclusive real estate broker for California in early 2011, Gold Max has already opened 6 new stores in Southern California and will soon open 9 more. Currently, Present Value Properties is in negotiations on additional 23 stores for Gold Max in Southern California.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $4.42 million sale of an 18-unit multifamily property that was built in 2004 and is located at 817 Wilcox Ave. in Los Angeles.

San Jose, CA - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- NxGen Modular officially opened its new corporate headquarters this week in San Jose, near a number of well-known technology companies such as eBay, PayPal and Symmetricom.

TUSTIN, CA - July 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gregory A. Fisher of Present Value Properties, Inc., a full service retail real estate brokerage, and consulting firm headquartered in Tustin, Calif., announced today that Britt Nelson, a retail real estate veteran and the former President of NewCity Development, LLC and a consultant to the architectural and engineering, retail, municipal and development segments of the industry, has joined Present Value Properties as Vice President.

Washington, DC - July 1 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that legislation to spend $35.5 million to address a severe shortage of housing options for homeless veterans in Los Angeles has passed committee and will advance to the full Senate

EUGENE, OR - July 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With new agents and brokers adding customizable IDX solutions daily, IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Christine Lewis to the ever-expanding network of real estate professionals who have enhanced the online property search capabilities they host online. IDX Broker software now seamlessly integrates San Diego Regional MLS (SANDICOR) listings directly onto the website Lewis supports. A thorough and comprehensive IDX enabled search page allows San Diego, California home seekers to quickly and easily find the property of their dreams without leaving the convenience of the website of Lewis.

SHERMAN OAKS, CA - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dennis Herzig, a specialist in the acquisition and sale of retail and office properties in the San Fernando Valley and throughout Southern California, has joined Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, Inc. as a Vice President.

SACRAMENTO, CA - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- California housing production rose sharply in May and posted the highest monthly permit total for the year on the strength of the multifamily sector, the California Building Industry Association announced today.

Las Vegas, CA - June 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Las Vegas region home sales held at a five-year high last month, rising modestly from both April and a year earlier as sales of distressed properties continued to account for nearly 70 percent of the resale market. Price measures moved little month-to-month but the declines from a year earlier steepened amid higher levels this year of foreclosure resales and sub-$100,000 transactions, a real estate information service reported.

Los Angeles, CA - June 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has hired Nancy E. Darr as a Business Developer for the firm’s Los Angeles office. Darr will be responsible for collaborating with firm leadership to implement business development and marketing strategies within the Southern California market.

EUGENE, OR - June 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Sherla Chen, a Sacramento Realtor, has become the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software, allowing her to join an elite group of agents and brokers who have revolutionized the online real estate market. Chen has integrated her Metrolist Sacramento membership with her unique IDX supported search page, displaying thousands of Sacramento, California area property listings efficiently and effectively.

IRVINE, CA - June 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, one of the most dominant retail investment sales groups in the western United States and a market leader in the sale of retail properties, announced today that William B. Asher and Edward B. Hanley have exclusively listed for sale a 31,900-square-foot multi-tenant retail center on Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The asking price is $7,765,000.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has been selected to market National City Tower, an historic adaptive reuse development that includes 93 residential lofts that are approximately 95 percent occupied, as well as ground floor and basement retail space. The 12-story, 118,162 square foot property is being offered at $32.75 million.

Torrance, CA - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, is pleased to announce the addition of Mike Abernathy as principal of Lee’s San Diego-UTC office. An industrial real estate specialist, Abernathy brings more than 20 years of experience in landlord and tenant representation.

ALISO VIEJO, CA - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- David L. Ball, president of Arnel Development Co. in Costa Mesa, Calif., has joined the board of directors for CT Realty Investors. Ball has nearly 30 years of commercial and residential real estate development and lending experience. As president of Arnel Development, a subsidiary of Arnel & Affiliates, Ball is responsible for overseeing all real estate investment and development activities, joint ventures and real estate-related banking relationships. A member of the Arnel management team since 1983, Ball has developed more than one million square feet of retail space, numerous apartment projects, hundreds of single-family homes, and nearly 500,000 square feet of office space. He has also engineered numerous investments involving land development and industrial parks on behalf of Arnel.

Torrance, CA - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on the $2.3 million sale of an 11,440-square-foot office building located at 1160 Nicole Court, in Glendora, Calif.

IRVINE, CA - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce that KTGY Principal Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP, CAASH, has been invited to be a featured speaker in an upcoming webinar presented by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) on July 6, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT.

EUGENE, OR - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Kathi McLean have joined forces to produce and display a thorough and comprehensive online real estate search page, directly on the website McLean hosts. As a member of the California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS), McLean can conveniently sync thousands of Southern California property listings with her search page, creating a unique and dynamic online real estate solution. IDX Broker software gives McLean the ability to effectively and efficiently match her clients, and other Westlake Village home seekers, with their dream home, from her website and the innovative IDX Broker application for iPhone and iPad.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than 30,000 California families will face higher down payments, higher mortgage rates, and stricter loan qualification requirements if conforming loan limits on mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are reduced beginning October 1, 2011, according to analysis by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.).