LOS ANGELES-Anita Sabine joins the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as a partner in the real estate and land use practice.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-The global investment firm hires Laurent Luccioni as EVP and head of commercial real estate portfolio management—Europe.

LOS ANGELES-The transaction is expected to be the largest single-apartment loft-conversion sale in L.A. since the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance was enacted in 1999.

ANAHEIM, CA-The first trust deed to facilitate the purchase of an apartment community here has an 'unusually tight' deadline.

SANTA ANA, CA-A $1-million renovation is planned for the four-story 121-room Santa Ana Hampton Inn & Suites.

LOS ANGELES-The creative-space trend goes beyond open work spaces to represent a 'whole lifestyle aspect,' say speakers at a recent NAIOP SoCal event.

LOS ANGELES-Todd Richardson is appointed SVP of business development for the firm's Americas Facilities Management business unit.

LONG BEACH, CA-WNC provides $7 million in LIHTC equity to construct Ramona Park, a planned 61-unit affordable senior-housing community here.