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NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Blackridge Real Estate Group has consolidated and expanded its operations, relocating its headquarters from Denver and West Los Angeles to 4590 MacArthur Blvd. Brett Tremaine, BlackRidge managing partner, says in an statement regarding the relocation that it is “an opportunity to strategically locate the office in the heart of Southern California, providing our team with prompt access to the key markets located throughout the Southwestern US.”

Along with its relocation, BlackRidge revealed that it has acquired properties in the Inland Empire city of Chino, CA and in Phoenix. The Chino property is a 125,000-square-foot distribution building at 14275 Telephone Ave. that the Newport Beach-based company bought for $7.68 million from one of the tenants, a local distributor. The building was constructed in 1988 on 5.02 acres.