Yearly Archives: 2013

Torrance, CA - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates – Los Angeles West is pleased to support the Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF), a nonprofit fund that supports the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of Los Angeles County, with a Bronze Level sponsorship for its 7th Annual Giving for All Seasons Fundraising Gala.

Torrance, CA - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp., a national owner-operator of shopping centers, has leased 1,629 square feet of retail space to the Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain in Rancho San Diego Town & Country Center for a term of 120 months. Scheduled to open this August, this is Westwood’s seventh lease with the national restaurant chain. Other locations include leases in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois and Texas. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.

Visual Text Torrance, CA - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in the country,...

EUGENE, OR - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Paula Pelton of Prudential California Realty to the growing group of real estate professionals revolutionizing the way potential buyers search for homes online. As a member of California Regional MLS (CRMLS) services in California, her clients can access thousands of properties in a matter of seconds, thanks to the dynamic technology of the IDX Broker software now synced to her real estate search page. Never before has a more comprehensive set of property listings been available to search through online.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech on housing in Phoenix today:

Torrance, CA - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premier builder serving California since 1919, announced today that it has acquired Good & Roberts (G&R), a 34-year-old San Diego based construction company. G&R will operate as a subsidiary, allowing C.W. Driver to expand into new markets and broaden its current San Diego market share. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change released a white paper recommending 20 concrete steps the Department of Energy should take in carrying out the President’s Climate Action Plan. The recommendations include strengthening specific energy efficiency standards, accelerating the development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies, expanding the use of energy savings performance contracts to save energy at federal facilities, encouraging reforms in state building codes and utility rate structures, maximizing the contribution of power marketing administrations, and analyzing the climate change impacts of liquefied natural gas exports

Torrance, CA - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction is complete on the Nadel Architects-designed Poway Plaza, located at 13345 Poway Rd. in Poway, Calif. The $3.5 million design-build project consists of the revitalization of an existing shopping center by repurposing the old 40,000-square-foot Dixieline Lumber tenant space into two new retail spaces: a 25,000-square-foot space, which will house a Michaels arts and craft store; and a 15,000-square-foot space for a Grocery Outlet. The center will be open to the public in August 2013 with the grand opening of Michael’s and the Grocery Outlet to follow in October.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services® Inc. (REBS®), a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, today announced MyNHD, Inc. as the latest service provider to partner with zipForm®, making it easier and faster for REALTORS® to complete the California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions (RPA-CA)

EUGENE, OR - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Sharalee Flesche of Beverly Glen Realty to the growing team of real estate professionals choosing to update their websites to better serve area home seekers. Through her membership with California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS), Flesche has long been able to search through thousands of local property listings. Now, with the addition of IDX Broker software to her professional website, the clients of Flesche now have the same privileges and access to CARETS listings, simplifying the online home search experience for both real estate professionals, like Flesche, and potential buyers

Washington, DC - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-51) joined fellow Democrats to highlight the devastating effects that cuts to the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), being proposed in H.R. 2610, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act of 2014 (T-HUD) will have on local economies and low-income Americans. If T-HUD is passed, the CDBG program will be cut by nearly 50 percent

Torrance, CA - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- BH Properties, LLC, a commercial real estate investment firm, is reporting more than $45 million in acquisitions in the first two quarters of 2013. In addition to some key acquisitions in Southern California, the Los Angeles-based firm had an increase in its Southwest portfolio, which brings its number to more than 15 multifamily, retail and industrial properties in Arizona.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky today announced that Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki has made a commitment to fund and support an array of services to help homeless veterans in Los Angeles starting in the next month

Los Angeles, CA - August 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- For almost three decades now, NHS has continued making Los Angeles County neighborhoods, neighborhoods of choice by creating BLOC clubs, putting first time homebuyers in homes and revitalizing neighborhoods through Neighborhood Pride Day. NHS is teaming up with over 100 residents, volunteers and local businesses to beautify a block in Compton on

IRVINE, CA - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), announced today the signing of a strategic alliance agreement with brokerage media powerhouse REAL Trends. This alliance is aimed at leveraging both companies’ extensive housing data resources to provide the latest market trends, statistics and analytics in the industry today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Supervisor Mark Farrell launched the down payment home loan assistance program for San Francisco first responders who are active member of the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco Fire Department, or the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) will administer the program, which was created after San Francisco voters overwhelmingly passed the Housing Trust Fund Initiative in November 2012.

IRVINE, CA - July 31, 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 negotiated the sale of more than 68,000 square feet of retail space in Hemet, Calif., totaling more than $7 million, with the sale of Diamond Valley Plaza and FedEx Plaza

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) made the following statement after a House Financial Services Committee markup on the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act. To watch a video of his full remarks, click here.

EUGENE, OR - July 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has the pleasure of welcoming AnnaMarie Clark with Integrity Home Sales in San Diego, California, to the rapidly expanding network of real estate agents and brokers using their primary application, the highly customizable IDX Broker software. With the addition and integration of this custom IDX solution, Clark will be able to display San Diego Regional MLS (Sandicor) data, directly onto her own personal website, providing potential home buyers with immediate and direct access to the most up-to-date listing information on the market, and all from the convenience of one specific website.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Investors have played a key role in the California housing market recovery for the past four years. Low mortgage rates, attractive home prices, and low yields on alternative assets have fueled demand for investment properties, particularly where distressed homes have dominated sales.