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LOS ANGELES, CA - October 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has named Tracy Taft as business development account executive. The 15-year commercial real estate industry veteran will be responsible for outreach to property owners and middle-market investors in order to expand the firm’s brokerage, property management and distressed assets activity.

Los Angeles, CA - September 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $5.45 million sale of The Kester House, a 29-unit multifamily property built in 1984 that is located at 5421 Kester Ave. in Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Los Angeles County).

Irvine, CA - September 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Faris Lee Investments, the nation’s largest retail-specialized investment sales and advisory firm, has completed the $3.7 million sale of The Shops at Pacific Park, a 15,195 square foot multi-tenant retail and office strip center in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Built in 1999 and situated on 1.18 acres, the property is located at 22912 Pacific Park Drive. The property, which was sold through receivership, is 88 percent occupied and includes a mix of dining, retail, and office tenants.

Raffles Place, Singapore - September 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Celebrity New York fashion designer Vera Wang has splashed out US$9.2 million on a Steve Hermann designed property in Coldwater Canyon, Beverley Hills, Los Angeles.

ALISO VIEJO, CA - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Summit’s 20 and 30 Enterprise are now at 94 percent occupied according to the development and management team of Parker Properties, and its partner, RREEF Alternative Investments. Over the last six months, there have been six leases signed totaling 140,596 square feet with Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., UST Global, Inc., AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Telogis, Inc., Johnny Rockets Group, Inc., and Benefits Resource, LLC.

MENLO PARK, CA - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- RW Zukin Corporation is pleased to announce that multifamily industry veterans Robert C. Talbott and Scott F. Mencaccy have acquired the 46-year-old Bay Area real estate services firm. RW Zukin specializes in property management, asset management and investment management, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey County and Sacramento area, and currently manages nearly 2,000 units with a combined value in excess of $400 million. Prior to his partnership with Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC, Talbott was the former senior vice president of operations and property management for Essex Property Trust. Mencaccy was the former president of Pinnacle Realty Management Company's west region

Los Angeles, CA - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) has hired Joey A. Kragelund, AIA, as associate vice president and principal of Healthcare Design in the Los Angeles office. He will focus on client relations and new business development for HGA’s growing Healthcare Practice Group

ALISO VIEJO, CA - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CT Realty Investors Inc. (www.ctrinvestors.com) has acquired the Dowling Orchard Business Park which includes two new state-of-the-art industrial warehouse buildings totaling 572,143 square feet as well as 30 acres of land entitled for another 611,000-square-foot building. The property is located at 520 Fourth St. and 415 Nicholas Rd. in Beaumont, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $7.95 million sale of a single tenant NNN-leased property occupied by CVS Pharmacy. The building totals 12,900 square feet and is located at 14426 Palmdale Road in Victorville, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, CA - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $4.22 million sale of an 18-unit multifamily property that was built in 2002 and is located at 821 Wilcox Ave. in Los Angeles.

San Francisco, CA - July 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has appointed Elena Andreadakis as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

Raffles Place, Singapore - July 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Petra Ecclestone, the daughter of F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone, has bought the Los Angeles home of Amercian film and television producer, Aaron Spelling.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- PCCP, LLC provided a senior participating loan to Basin Street Properties to finance the REO acquisition of Sequoia Center, a three-building Class A office property totaling 210,000 square feet. The buildings are located within the desirable Redwood Business Park, a 1.1 million square-foot master-planned business park in Petaluma, Calif. Sequoia Center was vacant at the close of escrow, however a 96,000-square-foot lease has been signed with Enphase Energy which will bring the occupancy up to 46 percent by the end of 2011. The property includes a three-story building built in 1998 located at 1400 North McDowell Blvd., a three-story building built in 2000 located at 1420 North McDowell Blvd., and a four-story building built in 1999 located at 5341 Old Redwood Hwy.

LOS ANGELES, CA - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed a five-year, 21,062 square foot lease valued at over $2 million with Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team. APAIT positively affects the quality of life for Asian and Pacific Islanders living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS by providing a continuum of prevention, health and social services, community leadership and advocacy to the Southern California region. The property is located at 1730 W. Olympic Blvd. near the major cross street of Union Avenue, adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles.

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.

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.

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.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has completed the $2,475,000 sale of a 5,550 square foot office building located at 417 S. Beverly Dr. in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Irvine, CA - June 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Faris Lee Investments, the nation’s largest retail investment advisory firm, has completed the $16.5 million sale of Westchester Place, a two-story 50,861-square-foot retail center located at 8820-8844 South Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles. Built in 2007 and situated on 1.71 acres, tenants include: Bed Bath & Beyond, Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo and Movement Performance Institute.