Los Angeles

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-The Irvine, Calif.-based brokerage picks up four Told Partners brokers to open an office that will specialize in office property investment deals.

LOS ANGELES, CA-The market has maintained stable vacancy rates despite the weaker economy, but rent growth slowed in the second quarter and demand was lackluster, according to a quarterly study by Hendricks & Partners.

VAN NUYS, CA-The buyer is doubling the size of his business from current operations in Burbank, Calif. The building is in a new business park crafted from a former aerospace facility.

LOS ANGELES, CA-Superior Court Judge David Yaffe decided against the Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust in its bitterly fought battle with Thomas Properties over a proposed development in El Segundo.

WEST LOS ANGELES, CA-In a $3.7-million deal, Immortal Entertainment Group signs on for space in Kilroy Realty Corp.'s Westside Media Center at Olympic Boulevard and Bundy Drive.

LOS ANGELES-Starpoint Properties acquires the apartments in three Mid-Wilshire buildings for an average of $27,178 per unit and plans renovations in a value-added play.

MARINA DEL REY, CA-For the highest price ever paid for an apartment community in Los Angeles County, SSR Realty Advisors and one of its clients pick up a 583-unit complex in Marina Del Rey. Apartments here average 854 square feet with an average rent of $1,671 per month.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-The insurance company takes 30,000 sf of space in a Warner Center office park owned by the REIT. The move will combine and expand two existing claims offices in Woodland Hills and Ventura.