SAN LEANDRO, CA-Alameda County takes just under 4,000 sf of class A office space for nine years while Western Metals & Lathe signs on for a 13,000-sf will call office.

SAN FRANCISCO-The industrial REIT reporting a flat second quarter. The lack of earnings growth is mostly due to the company's investments in high technology and e-commerce, but also due to its relationship with Webvan Group Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA-While the apartment REIT conducts a search for Nunn's replacement, BRE's chief operating officer Lee Carlson assumes executive responsibilities with regard to asset management.

SAN FRANCISCO-The new lease by Huntsman Architectural Group at Shorenstein's 50 California office Building is one of few whole-floor deals signed in recent months.

SAN FRANCISCO-Nelson C. Rising, chairman and CEO of the locally-based developer, is engaging in a "cashless exercise" of 350,000 options for Catellus stock set to expire at the end of the month. After that, he'll have options for another 2.65 million shares of the company.

SAN JOSE-Former Spieker Properties SVP John Petersen will be responsible for the property management, leasing, and overall financial performance for the company's San Jose region portfolio, which totals 10.9 million sf.

FREMONT, CA-The telecom-related software provider moves from Menlo Park to Fremont to be closer to its employee base, which is mostly engineers. The company subleased 16,674-sf at a full service rate of $1.90 per sf.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA-ChainLinks Retail Advisors Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of locally based BT Commercial Real Estate, has launched Terranomics Retail Services, a brokerage focused on strip mall sand stand-alone retail sites.