LOS ANGELES-Colliers Seeley fourth quarter 2001 report for the West Los Angeles office space finds the market softening from of continued negative net absorption and the completion of new space. The market has shifted from a very tight landlord's market 12 months ago into a tenant's market.
EL SEGUNDO, CA-Opus West Corp., a full-service real estate company based in Phoenix with Southern California offices in Irvine and Los Angeles, has sold Grand Avenue Corporate Center to Infonet for $25 million. The development, a class A, four-story, 126,000-sf mid-rise office building, is located at Grand Avenue and Nash here.
CHATSWORTH, CA-The investment group Sares Regis Group, with investment partner City Group has purchased the Waterstone Apartments, a 348-unit apartment complex here, according to Grubb & Ellis Company. The transaction is valued at $30.75 million.
TEJON RANCH, CA-Tejon Ranch Company, the largest contiguous landowner in CA., and IKEA, the home furnishings retailer, has announced the grand opening of the IKEA Tejon Terminal.
LOS ANGELES-Marty Barkan, office properties specialist with the West Los Angeles office of Grubb & Ellis Company, has been promoted to senior vice-president. The San Fernando Valley office of CB Richard Ellis has hired Don Hudson as managing director.
WOODLAND HILLS, CA-St. Jude Medical, a St. Paul, Minn.-based maker of cardiac rhythm management devices, has leased 19,758 sf of office space here, according to Grubb & Ellis Co. The five-year lease was valued at $3.1 million.
LOS ANGELES-The mood at RECG Real Estate Conference 2002 at the Century Plaza Hotel here was upbeat but cautious, as panel after panel repeated the worrisome mantra of recession and the tragic events of 9/11 as cause for 2002 to be a challenge for the industry.
LOS ANGELES-Wedbush Morgan Securities, an investment bank and brokerage firm located here, has signed a 10-year lease for 113,000 sf of office space at 1000 Wilshire Blvd. The lease is valued at $26 million and makes the investment firm the building's primary tenant.
LOS ANGELES-Last year recorded the best year in terms of volume and revenues for George Smith Partners, a real estate consulting services firm located here. GSP recorded $1.73 billion and 181 transactions with 64 capital sources.