Yearly Archives: 2011

INLAND EMPIRE, CA - May 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Aaron Hodgdon, president of Hodgdon Group Realty, has been named a CoStar Group’s (NASDAQ: CSGP) Power Broker for 2010 in the retail leasing category. This is Hodgdon's second consecutive year as a Power Broker in the retail leasing category. His firm, Hodgdon Group Realty, also made the 2010 Power Broker list for Top Leasing Firms

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.

Marina Del Rey, CA - May 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has completed the investment sale of a 6,316-square-foot apartment building located at 15 Outrigger Street, Marina Del Rey, Calif. The transaction sold for $4 million.

Los Angeles, CA - May 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has negotiated two industrial leases and an industrial sale totaling $13.75 million in the Mid-Counties Market in Greater Los Angeles. Chris Sheehan, SIOR, senior vice president, and Adam Deierling, vice president, based in Colliers International’s Torrance office represented tenants and user in all three transactions

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.

IRVINE, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that construction has commenced on Pottery Court Apartment Homes in Lake Elsinore, Calif., a new high-quality, pedestrian-oriented apartment community, located just two blocks from Lake Elsinore’s historic downtown Main Street. Developed by BRIDGE Housing Corporation, a leading nonprofit developer of affordable homes in California, and designed by KTGY, the new residential community offers 113 thoughtfully-planned dwellings ranging in size from one- to three-bedroom units for working families earning between 30 and 50 percent of the area median income. The new 4.4-acre development will cost about $26 million, with the city's Redevelopment Agency contributing about $9.7 million. Pottery Court is expected to be completed by April 2012

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.

CHINO, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. has brokered a 203,000-square-foot industrial lease for Taylored Services, LLC, at 14211 Monte Vista Ave. in Chino. The supply chain and logistics management solutions provider has added this property to its regional distribution center in an expansion move; the company maintains a presence of approximately 700,000 square feet in the local market.

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.

ALAMEDA, CA - May 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A groundbreaking today for VF Outdoor, Inc. marks the culmination of a four-year planning and site selection effort lead by a brokerage team from Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. in Oakland

IRVINE, CA - May 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, one of the most dominant retail investment groups in the western United States and a market leader in the sale of retail properties, announced today that Edward B. Hanley and William B. Asher represented the seller in the sale of a 7,866-square-foot multi-tenant retail building within a Lowe's anchored shopping center in Ontario, Calif. The purchase price was not disclosed.

EUGENE, OR - May 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bay Area, California property listings are now synced automatically to the website built by Carol Garcia and affiliated with the IDX, Inc. revolutionary IDX Broker software. As a member of the Bay Area Real Estate Information Systems (BAREIS), Garcia has long had access to thousands of detailed San Francisco area property listings. Now, her clients can experience the same level of unprecedented access, being able to view real estate listings that were once classified only for agents and broker to view, right on the convenient IDX enabled website Garcia hosts. The Vallejo, California based real estate business Garcia manages is also now completely mobile, thanks to the IDX Broker application for iPhone.

Riverside, CA - May 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- At a time when businesses are seeking a location with a competitive advantage, a number of companies have found the best choice is Riverside, California. The activity has created a dramatic turnaround in the City’s industrial market. Businesses have discovered that the cost savings realized through the City’s municipally-owned utility, a highly-skilled local labor force, and pro-business attitude can make a real difference in their bottom line. Newdevelopment and expansion activity driven by high-tech plastics recycling, food manufacturing, and plastic injection molding, among others has taken down close to 1 million square feet of space in the City and created more than 800 new jobs for the region.

IRVINE, CA - May 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) - ORION Property Partners, Inc., has announced the completion of the restructure, modification, and extension of Surterre Properties, Inc.’s 19,592-square-foot lease at 1400 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach, Calif. Surterre Properties is a full-service residential real estate solution encompassing more than 250 top-ranked real estate professionals. The firm sells more residential real estate from its Newport Beach headquarters than any other single office in Orange County.

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today launched a brand-new consumer advertising campaign highlighting the value REALTORS® bring to the real estate transaction. Through a bold, new approach and theme -- “California REALTORS®. Champions of Home.” -- the campaign also will raise awareness of the REALTOR® brand and reinforce the professionalism of REALTORS® who belong to C.A.R.

Los Angeles, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has completed the sale of a 3,080-square-feet medical office building located at 8158 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif. The transaction is valued at $1.7 million.

ALISO VIEJO, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT Realty Investors and WLCM have entered into a joint venture to acquire apartment communities in select coastal submarkets throughout Southern California. The CT joint venture just acquired three communities in Costa Mesa for approximately $10 million which include 55 units located within a mile of each other.

Torrance, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- he Oakland office of Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial brokerage firms with regional expertise, announces its move into a larger office, located at 520 3rd St., Suite 105, in Oakland’s Jack London Square. The move represents a 30-percent increase in size from its previous location, while reflecting Lee & Associates’ positive growth in the East Bay area.