SAN DIEGO-A limited partnership has purchased a 21,400-sf office building in the Scripps Ranch office market for just under $3 million. Bieri/Avis VI LTD bought the office building from ESU Partners.

CARLSBAD, CA-In one of the largest apartment deals of the year in the county, Universal Institutional Ventures 1 LLC buys the 97%-occupied Ocean Crest Apartments for $120,000 per unit.

SANTEE, CA-Santee Partners, an East County developer, plans to buy 21 acres of county land near a hospital for a residential and commercial project. The firm, which outbid a handful of competitors at a county auction this week, will pay $100,000 for a one-year option on the land.

DEL MAR, CA-In what is purportedly one of the largest office leases of the year in the county, Kilroy Realty Corp. has begun construction at 12400 High Bluff Drive on the new headquarters for AMN Healthcare Services Inc.

SAN DIEGO-San Diego fell in the middle of the pack for covered and underground parking among central business districts of major U.S. cities, according to a survey Colliers International.

OCEANSIDE, CA-A state panel is challenging the City Council's approval of a 96-unit condo project near the San Luis Rey River. Opponents of the project have challenged the approval of an environmental-impact report prepared for the project.

SAN DIEGO-A planned smart-growth development strategy that includes a series of "village" centers tied together by transit systems will get a hearing before the planning commission in the near future.

SAN DIEGO-Burnham Real Estate Services/ONCOR International has signed engineering firm P & D Consultants Inc. to a seven-year lease for 13,311 sf of office space in Mission Valley9s first Class A speculative office building in more than 10 years.