IRVINE, CA-The Colony, a 245-unit apartment community owned by The Irvine Company and designed by McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners received an Award for Excellence from the Urban Land Institute.

ANAHEIM,CA-Walker Brothers is doubling the size of its corporate operations with the purchase of a new industrial building. The company also sold the small building it used to occupy.

IRVINE, CA-Charles Dunn Company rolled out a new team of brokers in December whose mantra is to create investment opportunities for owner and investor clients seeking office, flex and industrial property in the county.

CYPRESS, CA-SHURflo will consolidate and expand its operations at its new corporate campus when the project is completed in spring 2002.

ANAHEIM, CA-When Power Plus moves into a new building this summer the president plans to take his firm off the power grid altogether. Other large users are looking to this alternative source of power for permanent relief from energy woes.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Lower interest rates, softening demand for commercial and multifamily space will not affect the values of real estate much in Orange County this year, according to a local banker.

ANAHEIM, CA-TDK Semiconductor, a division of TDK USA Corp., will move its operation into the new facility by April. The building at 3190 Miraloma Ave. was sold for $12.4 million by Fujitsu Business Communication Systems.

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA-Spectrum Lighting moves its corporate headquarters from Orange County to a newly purchased 31,008-sf building at 13415 Marquardt Ave. here in a deal valued at $2.2 million.