LOS ANGELES-The Gaithersburg, MD-based commercial landscaping firm grows to 15 branches and 1,000 employees in Southern California with the acquisition of L.A.-based Dworsky.

ORANGE, CA-The Los Angeles-based office REIT disposes of its 21-story City Tower office tower here in cooperation with the special servicer on the property's mortgage.

SANTA MONICA, CA-The locally based REIT refinances a portfolio of eight medical, retail and office properties in Los Angeles and Honolulu through Prudential Mortgage Capital Co.

LOS ANGELES-Local investor Don Hankey acquires the 2.2-acre site at 3670 Wilshire Blvd. in this week’s roundup of commercial real estate news in the West.

VICTORVILLE, CA-The fixed-rate financing replaces a maturing loan on the rail-served warehouse, which was built in 2002 and is situated on nearly 42 acres.

LADERA RANCH, CA-Strategic Storage Trust Inc. acquires a new asset in its own backyard, a storage facility and adjacent land near the non-traded REIT’s headquarters.

COSTA MESA, CA-The locally based shopping center owner and developer lowers its interest rates on the portfolio and in general gets better terms compared with its previous financing.

CONCORD, CA-Swift Realty Partners, an investment firm headed by former Equity Office Properties exec Christopher Peatross, acquires the four-building BofA campus.