SACRAMENTO-L Street Lofts, a mixed-use, fractured condominium project, sells with just 10 units being leased for $2.50 per square foot, the highest rental rate in the midtown area.

PALO ALTO, CA-The region reports 2.7 million square feet of office absorption during 2011, which hasn’t been seen since the 1990s dot-com era.

IRVINE, CA-Eleven of the 20 largest US metros post foreclosure increases in April—all in the Midwest, South and East Coast.

LOS ANGELES-CBRE’s Capital Value Index shows a 9.6% increase in year-over-year capital values for real estate in the Americas in first-quarter 2012.

LOS ANGELES-The Vermont is the largest residential development to be built in L.A. since the beginning of the latest real estate downturn.

SANTA BARBARA, CA-ista North America’s Multifamily Services Group is a leading supplier of energy and water metering, billing and management services.

LOS ANGELES-Champion Real Estate Co. has allocated $50 million of equity to a venture with Wilson Commercial Real Estate, which could be leveraged up to $200 million in retail properties over the next three years.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-SRGNC CRES LLC has filed with the city to reposition and entitle a new campus on 24 acres here.