SAN DIEGO- A locally-based title company has received state approval to complete the acquisition of title and escrow operations in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Sacramento from BridgeSpan Title Co. The deal is expected to close by April 1.

SAN DIEGO-A firm trying to develop resort property in Baja California says it has received a favorable ruling in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

SAN DIEGO-A real estate investment trust that's liquidating its assets sells its interests in three shopping centers. The deal is valued at $22.3 million.

LA JOLLA, CA-La Jolla-based Equus Realty Advisors specializes in the acquisition, management and redevelopment of financially distressed commercial properties. "We expect property prices to fall further over the next 12 months as lenders take back non-performing properties and rents fall," says Equus President Chad Carpenter.

SAN DIEGO-A New Jersey-based limited-liability company has bought a mid-sized industrial structure in the San Marcos area in a deal valued at $2.93 million.

SAN DIEGO-A program to help moderate-income people buy Downtown condominiums, which are enjoying a construction boom of late, received the nod from city leaders Tuesday.

SAN DIEGO-In a project scheduled for completion in the summer of 2003, construction is under way on the 280-unit Island Village Apartments studio complex at Market and Island streets, 12th and 13th avenues.

SAN DIEGO-Two leases have been signed in Mission Valley's increasingly tight office market. The Shidler Group owns the properties involved.