Yearly Archives: 2011

Torrance, CA - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) (www.mountainrecapital.com) announces the closing of a new investment with Classic Homes of Colorado Springs to develop Promontory Pointe, a 267-lot community located in Monument, Colo. The transaction represents MREC’s first investment in the Colorado Springs housing market. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

EUGENE, OR - October 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bob Siegmeth of Re/Max Olson & Associates has adopted a customized IDX solution from IDX, Inc. for his professional real estate website. As a member of the California Real Estate Technology MLS (CARETS), Siegmeth has long has access to the immense database of property listings CARETS hosts. Now, clients of Siegmeth and potential home buyers are able to utilize the innovative IDX solution he employs and can experience an unprecedented level of access to CARETS MLS listings conveniently from Siegmeth’s search page. The online property search in Northridge, California has been revolutionized by IDX Broker software and Bob Siegmeth.

Placentia, CA - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, recently negotiated a five-year lease for a 39,165-square-feet warehouse building located at 880 w. Crowther Ave . Placentia, Calif. The transaction is valued at roughly $1,160,000.

Torrance, CA - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate brokerage firms, has closed a $6.85 million sale of 1.76 acres of coastal land located at 329 & 343 S. Highway and 101/120 & 128 Dahlia Dr. in Solana Beach, Calif.

Torrance, CA - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $4 million sales transaction for a 45,560-square-foot industrial building located at 1425 Moonstone Street in Brea, Calif.

SANTA ANA, CA - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Volunteers from Irvine, California-based KTGY Group, Inc. Architecture and Planning wielded paint brushes, including the design and painting of a 24 ft. wide jungle-themed mural, cleaned toys, trimmed hedges and did other assorted tasks this past Saturday at the Blind Children's Learning Center (BCLC), located at 18542-B Vanderlip Ave. in Santa Ana.

Eugene, OR - October 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Mark Shandrow, the latest real estate agent or broker to adopt IDX Broker software for his professional website. Shandrow can easily maintain his website and customize the search capabilities on his website, thanks to his IDX solution. California Real Estate Technology MLS (CARETS) listings are now easier than ever to search through, on the search page Shandrow hosts. He can supply home seekers with a dynamic and thorough property search experience, all from the convenience and ease of his own website.

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- An Eagle Rock resident who worked as an inspector for the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety was sentenced this afternoon to 18 months in federal prison for taking thousands of dollars in bribes.

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Khari Washington have enabled the premier IDX, Inc. software on her website, giving them an IDX solution that automatically extracts raw California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) listings and displays the information directly onto her search page. The innovative IDX Broker software helps to simplify the online real estate market for both home seekers and real estate agents and brokers, like Washington. Her website now hosts one of the most dynamic property search features available online, making her website a great place to begin the online property search process.

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Canyon Lake, California real estate agent Kreg McCoy, of Coldwell Banker, has adopted IDX Inc.'s premier IDX Broker software, giving him professional website an easy and efficient solution for helping home seekers find the right property in Canyon Lake. As a member of the California Regional MLS (CRMLS) McCoy has long had access to thousands of property listings from around the area. Now, these detailed CRMLS listings can be viewed by anyone from the convenience of McCoy website. The recent addition of IDX Broker to his page has made it easier for McCoy to manage his online business and made it simpler for his clients to find the homes of their dreams.

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the growing network of real estate agents and brokers utilizing the incredible IDX Broker software on their professional websites has grown once again, with the addition of a customizable IDX solution to the website of Anthony Allen. As a Glendale, California real estate broker with Formhelp Inc., Allen has the unique ability to give his clients a comprehensive online property search directly on his website. California Real Estate Technology Service MLS (CARETS) instantly displays thousands of detailed home listings on the results page of his website, giving home seekers on the website of Allen a complete and thorough online search experience. Never before has such a dynamic tool been so easily accessible to California potential buyers.

San Francisco, CA - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement after touring the construction job site of the HOPE SF Hunters View public housing rebuild with Leader Nancy Pelosi:

San Francisco, CA - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tara Donohue has been named Sales Manager of Zephyr’s West Portal Office. Donohue has been a San Francisco Realtor since 1998 and joined Zephyr in 2006, where she is a Top Producing Agent and a Seniors Real Estate Specialist.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids and to commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

The Madison, WI - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- office of Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate firms, has completed $2.8 million of leases at The Shoppes at Hartford; a 24,000-square-foot retail center in Hartford, Wis. Steve Doran and Todd Waller represented the ownership group on all transactions.

La Jolla, CA - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The home of famed scientist Dr. Roger Revelle, father of the global warming theory, has been re-introduced to the market by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Linda Marrone in the Barber Tract, a well known historic neighborhood in La Jolla for $12.5 million. Originally built by Grace Scripps Clark in 1922 – whose father was the founder of the Detroit Evening News and niece of La Jolla philanthropist, Ellen Browning Scripps – the five-bedroom, four-bathroom home currently owned by the remaining Revelle family, was one of the first beachfront homes built in Barber Tract. Clark sold the home to her daughter, Ellen Clark Revelle, and her husband, Dr. Roger Revelle, in 1947.

Torrance, CA - October 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) WHAT: it’s happening in the world of development in Los Angeles? Join us in hearing from some of our top developers for an insider’s perspective on the marketplace: where it is and where it’s going.

SACRAMENTO, CA - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 28, 2011, charging Valeri Mysin, 31, of Citrus Heights, Calif.; Angela Shavlovsky, 52, of Sacramento, Calif.; Nikolay Katinskiy, 28, of Lynwood, Wash.; Michael Kennedy, 44, of Miami Beach, Fla.; Alexander Kokhanets, 34, of Roseville, Calif.; Boris Murzak, 38, and Zinaida Murzak, 40, both of Sacramento; and Vitaliy Tuzman, 31, of West Sacramento, Calif., with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving the purchase of seven homes. Katinsky and Kennedy were also charged with money laundering in connection with the scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California Benjamin B. Wagner. Shavlovsky, Katinskiy, and Kennedy were arrested by FBI agents yesterday afternoon, and Kokhanets, Boris Murzak, and Zinaida Murzak were issued a summons. They are expected to be arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate judge today at 2:00 p.m.

Brea, CA - September 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colliers International, the second largest global real estate services organization, has completed the sale of a 45,560-square-feet industrial property located at 1425 Moonstone Street, Brea Calif. The transaction is valued at $4.055 million.

September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A former employee of Countrywide Home Loan was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution Wednesday in connection with a large-scale data breach, announced André Birotte Jr., the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, and Steven Martinez, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.