HILLSBORO, OR-The Washington County Fairgrounds needs a $40 million upgrade,

CARLSBAD-Bay West Equities acquires the three-building project from SM/CT Partners LP, an entity of Koll Bren Schreiber Realty Investors of Newport Beach. Koll Bren was selling the asset as part of a portfolio realignment strategy.

The Self-Realization Fellowship, known for its opulent temple on the ocean bluffs in Encinitas, is moving its Escondido meditation group into a seven-building complex in southwest Escondido.

SAN DIEGO-The joint venture, known as Pacific Retail LP, paid cash for the first installment of the purchase of 15 Burnham Pacific properties. The remaining seven properties having an aggregate purchase price of about $57.7 million and will close only if cleared by tenants and lenders.