Orange County Business Journal

REAL ESTATE

Recent and archived news stories on: Apartments, Architecture, Brokers, Construction, Housing, Mortgages, Offices, Property Management, Realtors...
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$875M Shopping List for Irvine Co.?

REAL ESTATE: Mortgage package on prime offices hints at more buys

An $875 million financing deal for the Irvine Company provides a rare glimpse into the operations and balance sheet of Orange County’s dominant office landlord.

Behind Simon’s Buyout: New Target for RSI’s Cabinet Operations

MANUFACTURING: Deal signals push into high end of home market

Ron Simon’s recent buyout of the private equity firm that owned half of his RSI Home Products Inc. did more than double his holdings in the Anaheim-based cabinet maker.

FivePoint’s New Amenity for Great Park: Momentum

REAL ESTATE: Hot start for land sales; 2nd phase under way

A land sale that brought in close to $200 million has FivePoint Communities Management Inc.’s Emile Haddad thinking about the second phase of development at the Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine.

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Swiss Equipment Maker Expands With Cypress Hub

REAL ESTATE: 10-year lease, OC consolidation part of plan

Cavotec plans to expand its West Coast manufacturing operations after inking new industrial lease

Hager Pacific to Texas Border for Industrial Deal

REAL ESTATE: 16 buildings in cities at opposite ends of state

Hager Pacific Properties’ search for industrial property investments with strong upside potential has taken the company to a pair of Texas cities next to Mexico.

ADDENDUM - May 6, 2013

Other news items of interest from the Orange County Business Journal

Greater L.A. Industrial Up, Office Ends Streak on Positive Absorption

REAL ESTATE WATCH: GREATER LOS ANGELES

Greater L.A. industrial up, office ends streak on positive absorption

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La Habra Apartments Change Hands for $19 Million

Local Buyer Acquires 1960s Il Pompeii Complex

Il Pompeii, an apartment complex in La Habra, has changed hands for $19 million, in Real Estate

REAL ESTATE DEALS - May 6, 2013

Sales and leases of offices, industrial buildings, retail space and apartments

By the Numbers - ORANGE COUNTY SMALL BUSINESSES

There are more than 71,000 small businesses in Orange County, and they collectively employ nearly 560,000 people. Includes analysis, charts and figures.

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Eight Builders Tapped for First Great Park Home Site

Newport Beach’s William Lyon Homes is among a group of eight builders selected to build the first 726 homes at Irvine’s Great Park Neighborhoods, which is set to open for sales by the end of September.

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High-End Homes Aimed to Fill Newport Center Void

Meridian Project First in More Than 20 Years

Newport Center is about to get a little more livable

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Lyon Communities Makes Its Marke

REAL ESTATE: Apt. Company Taps Santa Ana for Local Growth

The company is well under way with a 300-unit development called The Marke at MacArthur Boulevard and Main Street in the South Coast Metro portion of the city.

Builder Seeks NB Home Hit, Indirectly; Logan’s Gym Run

OC INSIDER by Mark Mueller

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Shopoff Group Considers Major Riverside Project

REAL ESTATE: Commercial, housing pipeline grows

Shopoff Group mulls major Riverside project