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.

Aptos, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- HGA Architects and Engineers has won a 2011 SCUP Excellence in Planning Merit Award for the Visual and Performing Arts Village at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. The Art Village won in the District or Campus Component category.

Los Angeles, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- LAHQ’s 50th Annual Awards Luncheon will be honoring awardees that represent an extensive range of outstanding organizations, achievements and individuals

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- PCCP, LLC, SRM Associates and Scott Newman, a private individual, have announced they have formed a joint venture to develop a four-building 160,000-square-foot build-to-suit office project in Alameda, Calif. for VF Outdoor, Inc., a subsidiary of VF Corporation. The project will serve as the global headquarters for VF Outdoor and its brands including The North Face®, JanSport® and lucy®. Ground breaking for the project occurred today and completion is anticipated in summer 2012. Phil Lombardo and John McManus of Cushman and Wakefield represented VF Outdoor.

May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- This week in Sacramento, the banking committees of both houses considered two bills designed to mitigate the effects of California's foreclosure crisis, and both failed in hearing rooms packed with supporters. Both bills, however, will be re-heard next week

Atlanta, GA - May 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As a result of TPG Capital’s purchase of MDA DataQuick, MDA Lending Solutions and MDA MindBox in January, the three companies will integrate their operations effective May 2, 2011. The combined company, which will operate under the name DataQuick®, will deliver advanced real estate information solutions powered by higher quality data, analytics and advanced decisioning.

San Francisco, CA - April 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Access to mortgage refinance loans sharply declined in communities of color – and increased substantially in predominantly white neighborhoods, according to a report released today by a multistate coalition of groups.

Torrance, CA - April 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- “Keystone Pacific is pleased to announce Renee’s well-deserved promotion,” said Denise Bergstrom, vice president of association management of Keystone Pacific Property Management. “She is very committed to the communities she manages and demonstrates the qualities necessary to take on this increased responsibility. She is a true professional in her field.”