Katie Murar
Staff Reporter
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Recent Stories
OC Case Rate Down
Case rate of nearly 47 is still far cry from red tier
OC Vaccine Count Jumps 64%
Nearly 180,000 vaccine doses administered
OC to End Stay-At-Home Order
OC to revert back to purple tier
Midday Stock Roundup
Evolus jumps 15%
Selling Newport: Oppenheim Group Sets Up on PCH
First OC Location For Netflix Show’s Firm
The Oppenheim Group, the luxury Los Angeles brokerage behind the popular Netflix series Selling Sunset, is expanding to Orange County with the opening of the firm’s second office, in Newport Beach.
Local Buyer Scores Tustin Apartments
Former NFL Player Part of Strattford
Local investment group Strattford Capital LLC headed by a former NFL player has acquired the 80-unit Woodside Garden Apartments in Tustin for $26M
Santa Ana Apartment Project Moves Ahead
603 Units Near City’s Zoo; To Open in 2022
Construction has begun on a major mixed-use project that will bring more than 600 apartments to the city of Santa Ana.
COVID-19 Cases Down 50% in Past Week
Southern California remains in stay-at-home order
OC to Open Second Mass Vaccination Site
County facing ‘ongoing supply limitations’
OC Vaccine Count Updated
More than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines given
OC Recalls Moderna Vaccine Lot
Reports of allergic reaction in lot 041L20A
How Many Vaccines Have Been Given in OC?
Dashboard shows vaccine demographics
Irvine Housing Developments See Strong 2020 Sales
Among Top 50 Master Planned Communities
Irvine Co.’s Irvine Ranch and FivePoint Holdings LLC’s Great Park Neighborhoods made the John Burns Real Estate Consulting list of the 50 most successful master-planned communities in 2020, ranked by sales
Advanced Stays Local for Apartment Buying Binge
$350M in 2020 Buys; Westminster, Anaheim
Irvine’s Advanced Real Estate Services Inc. was among Southern California’s most active multifamily investors in 2020, and certainly the busiest buyer in the area in the closing months of the year.
RSM, iHerb Among New Tenants at Spectrum Terrace
Second Batch Of Offices Completed
Irvine Co. said that it has wrapped construction on the second phase of its Spectrum Terrace office campus, which is currently 50% pre-leased following a pair of new deals.
GardenWalk’s New Talk: Pod Hostel, Cat Café
SHOPPING CENTERS: Unique proposals for Anaheim mall
New plans are under consideration to revitalize portions of Anaheim’s GardenWalk, including accommodations that would serve a much different tourism base
Soka University Could Become Next Vaccine Site
County planning five total dispensing sites
Disneyland to Cancel Annual Passes
Anaheim resort looks ahead to “new membership offerings”
OC Launches App for Vaccine Enrollment
Residents, workers can sign up for vaccines via Othena
OC Vaccines Expanded to 65 and Older
County hopes to vaccinate 70% of population by July
Medical Office Sales End 2020 on High Note
REAL ESTATE: $80.6M for office near Saddleback
Orange County’s office investment market ended 2020 in good health, in particular for buildings focused on medical uses
Disneyland Acting as Mass Vaccination Site
Vaccines recently expanded to include residents age 75 and older
COVID-19 Cases Tick Up
Cases up in past week following declines
Midday Stock Roundup
Boot Barn up on prelim earnings
Bascom Venture Pays $100M For Wisconsin Buildings
Return Home of Sorts For Company Founders
Irvine-based Bascom Group wrapped up 2020 with its largest commercial acquisition of the past year
2020’s Legacy: The Virtual Luxury Market
FaceTime Closings; 3D Videos the Norm
Though the pandemic didn’t end up having a negative impact on luxury home sales pricing and volume in 2020, it certainly changed the way brokers handled business.
Space Race
Richard Branson’s Space Tourism Co. Setting Up Base in Tustin
A billionaire-backed aerospace venture that aims to send wealthy tourists into space has touched down in Orange County.
LBA Realty Building New Office at Park Place
40K-SF Creative Space; Luxe Movie Theater Nixed
LBA Realty is switching gears on plans for the former spot of the Sport Chalet, at the retail portion of its Park Place mixed-use campus in Irvine
Orange County Expands Vaccination Efforts
Who’s next to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in OC
Landsea Homes Reverse Merger Closes
Real estate firm to be listed Friday on the Nasdaq
COVID-19 Testing Down
OC tests down 21% in past two weeks
Average COVID-19 Cases Continue Slight Decline
Cases down 9% in past two weeks
OC COVID-19 Cases Decline
Cases down slightly in past week
OC ICU Numbers Break Records
Nearly 2,100 hospitalizations
Midday Stock Roundup
OC tech stocks fall
SCP Hospitality Plans $200M+ in Hotel Investments
Offshoot of Cruse’s Alpha Wave Investors
Soul Community Planet, a hospitality company launched in 2018 by former Sunstone Hotel Investors executive Ken Cruse, is in expansion mode with plans to invest north of $200 million in hotel deals and opportunities via a new investment fund.
John Ho’s Residential Success Story
REAL ESTATE: Landsea going public via SPAC
Landsea Homes, the fast-growing Newport Beach-based homebuilding arm of China real estate company Landsea Group, was launched from scratch seven years ago by one real estate executive who, at the time, had limited experience in the residential realm.
Shea Lands Big Tenant at Airport Area Industrial Project
Storage Co. PODS Takes 167K-SF
Aliso Viejo-based Shea Properties ended 2020 with plenty of leasing activity at its just built Shea Business Center in Santa Ana, including signing on its largest tenant to date.
OC Cases Continue to Surge
Cases up 40% in past two weeks
Regional Stay-At-Home Order Extended
ICU capacity continues to shrink
Hospitalizations Up Fourfold
1,990 hospitalized patients in OC
Midday Stock Roundup
Impac Mortgage jumps 13%
OC Cases Doubled in Past Two Weeks
Nearly 3,000 cases reported each day on average
Newsom Likely to Extend Lockdown
Lockdown initially slated to end next week
General Aviation Faring Better Throughout Pandemic
Private, charter flights see monthly gains
20,000+ New COVID-19 Cases in Past Week
OC cases up 33%
Midday Stock Roundup
Clean Energy up on new partnerships
2020 Sales Momentum Expected to Carry Over
No Sign of Slowdown, Say Area’s Top Brokers
As Orange County closes on what by most indications was a banner year for luxury home sales, brokers are looking ahead to what’s to come in 2021.
Amazon’s Cypress Plans Revealed
REAL ESTATE: Mitsubishi old HQ to remain vacant
Amazon is expected to move into the former campus of Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. in Cypress next July, following tenant-improvements currently underway at the 23-acre site.
FivePoint’s Giving Mentality
REAL ESTATE: Philanthropy is a ‘fact’ for Irvine firm
Irvine-based FivePoint Holdings LLC is giving checks to each employee to be used for donations to a cause of their choice for the holidays
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