Yearly Archives: 2013

Torrance, CA - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Partner Engineering and Science Inc. (Partner), a national environmental and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Torrance, Calif, and one of the country’s fastest-growing companies, has hired Michael P. Arias as senior project manager in the Torrance office. Arias will bolster Partner’s senior technical staff primarily servicing institutional and equity clients in Southern California.

SACRAMENTO, CA - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today a 35 percent rate reduction for lender-placed (also called force-placed) homeowner insurance coverage offered by QBE Insurance Corporation. The rate reduction will result in an estimated $19.4 million savings to QBE policyholders, with an average savings of $626 per policyholder annually.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Olinda Alpha Landfill for generating renewable energy from a local source while protecting the climate, providing energy savings and strengthening the economy

NEWPORT BEACH, CA - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Lucescu, President of LUCESCU REALTY, a market leading investment real estate services firm, announced today the sale of multiple phases of Tracy Pavilion Shopping Center in the City of Tracy in the Central Valley of California for an aggregate price of $31.97 million.

La Jolla, CA. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of Golden State homes sold for a million dollars or more rose to its highest level since 2007, fueled by a recovering economy, rising home prices and a record number of cash purchases. The number of homes sold for more than $5 million rose to an all-time high, a real estate information service reported.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In 2012, Hill & Co. Real Estate enjoyed a 41 percent increase in revenues over the previous year, thanks in large measure to a rebounding San Francisco real estate market and the efforts of the company’s brokers and REALTORS

Los Angeles, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Los Angeles County property owners will now be able to protest the Clean Water, Clean Beaches Measure online, thanks to a motion by Supervisor Don Knabe that was unanimously approved at yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, inspected the damage at Beale Air Force Base’s 9th Civil Engineer Squadron building before attending a briefing with senior base personnel.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Falk to its Affordable Housing Advisory Council (AHAC). The Bank’s 15-member AHAC provides expert guidance on affordable housing and economic development issues and helps shape the Bank’s community investment grant programs and credit products.

EUGENE, OR - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Francis Szeto of Formality Real Estate in Oakland, California has adopted the revolutionary IDX Broker software. Now, Szeto can integrate thousands of listings onto her website with a simple click of a mouse. The East Bay Regional Data MLS (EBRD) database of listings is seamlessly linked to Szeto’s website, giving her clients a complete network of properties to effortlessly search through. The IDX solution customized for Szeto, has forever changed the way California home seekers find their dream home online

EUGENE, OR - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Broker Abraham Baghbodorian and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to revolutionize the way Tarbell Realtors of the La Quinta, California home seekers search for homes online with a custom IDX solution. IDX Broker software is synced to the search page Baghbodorian hosts, creating a dynamic database of Desert MLS (DTMLS) homes. Baghbodorian’s La Quinta clients can now easily and quickly experience a comprehensive online real estate search without ever having to leave the convenience of his IDX-enabled website.

LA QUINTA, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lynn Coker, Dwight Capitani, and Michael Meade with NAI Capital’s Palm Desert office represented the Seller, Calle Estado LLC, and the Buyer, Miller Family Holdings, LLC, in the sale and purchase of an 10,726 sq. ft. mixed-use property located at Plaza Estado at 78115 Calle Estado in La Quinta. The value of the sales transaction was $1.4 Mil.

IRVINE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (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 the company has negotiated two single-tenant retail transactions totaling $6.8 million. William B. Asher, Kevin T. Fryman and Edward B. Hanley represented the seller in the sale of a single-tenant Chase Bank in Riverside, Calif. and Jeremy S. McChesney represented the buyer and seller in the sale of a single-tenant 7-Eleven in Culver City, Calif

IRVINE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that Carmel Partners of San Francisco has begun construction on Carmel Loft House, a contemporary, new, mixed-use development spanning two city blocks adjacent to the popular Plaza del Sol, off of South Frances Street and Olson Way in the heart of downtown Sunnyvale, Calif. The sustainable, urban infill development will consist of two buildings comprised of up to four stories of residential with 133 loft-style apartment homes and more than 6,000 square feet of ground floor retail space.

IRVINE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (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 Jonathan T. Selznick represented buyers and sellers in the sales of three retail centers in southern California totaling over 9,000 square feet and in excess of $4.4 million dollars.

IRVINE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (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 the firm represented the buyer and the seller in the sale of a single-tenant NNN Carl’s Jr. in Bakersfield, Calif.

La Jolla, CA - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of California homeowners pushed into the foreclosure process fell last quarter to the lowest level in six years, the result of rising home values, an improving economy and a shift toward short sales, a real estate information service reported.

EUGENE, OR - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Realtor Diana DeFidelibus have joined forces to revolutionize the online Rolling Hills Estates, California real estate search. As a member of the California Regional MLS (CRMLS), DeFidelibus has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings.

EUGENE, OR - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The ever-expanding network of agents and brokers has grown larger once again, through the partnership of IDX, Inc. and Christopher Armato. IDX Broker software is now seamlessly integrated onto the website Armato hosts, creating a dynamic and thorough IDX enabled search page for the clients of Armato.

Torrance, CA - January 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country, has hired David Bolt as its newest senior vice president/principal in the Newport Beach office. In his new role, Bolt will specialize in the lease and sale of industrial, R & D and office properties