LOS ANGELES, CA-Despite the high cost of doing business, hard-to-secure financing and a down market, Los Angeles County leads the state in planned new hotel rooms and is second in the state in new hotels under construction.

ONTARIO, CA-The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials buys a 48,000-sf industrial building here on Philadelphia Street. The union will use half of the space for offices and laboratories, the other half for testing and warehousing.

CHATSWORTH, CA-The company will move from an 8,500-sf building it owns in Glendale, Calif. to a two-story, 34,000-sf multi-tenant industrial building here on Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

COSTA MESA, CA-Orange County tied with San Diego County for the most new hotels under construction, but it lags the state in the number of new rooms planned, according to a new report.

LOS ANGELES, CA-Superior Court Judge David Yaffe decided against the Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust in its bitterly fought battle with Thomas Properties over a proposed development in El Segundo.

LOS ANGELES, CA-Superior Court Judge David Yaffe decided against the Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust in its bitterly fought battle with Thomas Properties over a proposed development in El Segundo.

ANAHEIM HILLS, CA-The Newport Beach, Calif.-based investment firm continues to build its portfolio of Southern California commercial properties, this time picking up a 134,518-sf corproate center that is 97% occupied.

TORRANCE, CA-The new owners of the empty, 67,562-sf office building--originally the headquarters of a software company--rename it the Pioneer Building and prepare to market it for lease.