CBRE has added a key operations executive and announced a new research portal.

LOS ANGELES-CIM Group has acquired the View, a renovated 168-unit high rise apartment building at 3460 W. 7th St. in Koreatown.

LOS ANGELES-Chinese developer Shanghai Greenland has purchased a stake in the much-coveted Metropolis site in downtown L.A. The firm plans to invest $1 billion on a mixed-use project.

BURBANK, CA-A four-story, 34,153-square foot office building has been sold to a local private investor. The building's two major tenants have renewed leases.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-CIM Group has signed online comedy site Funny or Die to a lease for the Lot, an 11-acre studio and creative campus.

INGLEWOOD, CA-In an <b>UPDATE</b> to GlobeSt.com's earlier report, details have been released on the revival of the Forum as an entertainment venue. The Eagles will reopen the arena in January.

LOS ANGELES-The University of Southern California's Ross Minority Program in Real Estate will be offered in San Diego for the first time this fall.

LOS ANGELES-A joint venture designed to cultivate the next generation of CRE fund managers has purchased a five-acre property in Playa Vista for just over $36 million.