Investec Real Estate Companies will break ground on Gene Autry Plaza, a new 60,000 sq. ft. shopping center in Palm Springs, CA. The new ground-up $17.5 million development, which is located at the southeast corner of Ramon and Gene Autry Trail (Hwy. 111), will feature Smart & Final and Staples, 11,500 sq. ft. of shop space, and a bronze statue of Gene Autry. Completion is expected in April 2009.
Coreland Companies names former REP Commercial Retail Leasing Associate Thomas Tway as Leasing/Sales Associate. Tway will work with Coreland’s existing retail leasing team and service the department’s growing retail portfolio as well as identify new third-party leasing and sales assignments in Southern California. Tway brings extensive leasing experience to Coreland’s Leasing/Sales Department.
Coreland Companies of Tustin, Calif., one of the largest real estate service companies based in California, announced it has named industry veteran Laurie Sneve as Chief Financial Officer. Sneve has more than two decades of professional experience in accounting and financial reporting and has held several positions as Chief Financial Officer or Controller for well known real estate companies.
KKE Architects hired well-known industry veteran John G. Deenihan, AIA as Principal and Director of Operations for its rapidly growing Pasadena office operations. With more than 35 years of experience in architecture and interior design, Deenihan was most recently a Principal and Director, Retail Studio for Rothenberg Sawasy Architects, Inc.
Omni West Group Inc. of Laguna Hills has awarded Hodgdon Miank Construction, Inc. the contract to build The Plaza at Lakeview Medical & Professional Center, a new $6.4 million project situated in Lake Elsinore. The project, which has recently broken ground, features two upscale 33,000-square-foot two-story buildings. Completion expected by the 1st quarter 2008.
Highland Development Company, a subsidiary of The Marcus & Millichap Company and a dynamic retail and retail-driven mixed-use development company, announced that the firm has hired Armando Enriquez as Acquisitions Manager and Vladimir Shlafman as Development Manager to expand acquisition and development opportunities throughout California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
The Hodgdon Group, a full-service real estate brokerage, development and construction management company, has commenced construction on a 75,000-square-foot, state–of-the-art, vocational training center for Summit Career College, Inc. The Hodgdon Group is handling the design, entitlements and construction management of the new $14 million ground-up development located in Colton, Calif.
Omni West Group Inc. of Laguna Hills has awarded Hodgdon Miank Construction, Inc. the contract to build Rivera Industrial Park, a new $3.7 million industrial park in north Riverside, Calif. The project, which is located on approximately 2.45 acres on Garner Road, off of Main Street, is currently under construction and expected to be completed by August 2007.
Highland Development Company, a subsidiary of The Marcus & Millichap Company and a dynamic retail and retail-driven mixed-use development company based in Pasadena, Calif., announced that Thomas Cole has been hired as Director of Construction. He was formerly the Director of Development at LNR Property Corporation.
Rawson, Blum & Leon (RBL) of San Francisco, CA closed escrow on a vacant parcel located in Berkeley, CA, with plans to create a $40 million urban infill, mixed-use residential/retail project. Erik Halterman was also hired as Development Manager. RBL expects to put $150 million in assets into the development pipeline and acquire $30 to $50 million per year of existing assets.
Highland Development Company, a dynamic retail and retail-driven mixed-use development company, announced that 30-year real estate veteran Gary T. Ward has been hired to head up the company's Northern California office as VP of Development. Ward will direct all phases of real estate development in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest for Highland Development from its San Mateo office.
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce that David Senden, a principal and lead residential designer, has been invited by the Dallas Home Builders Association to be a judge for the prestigious Dallas McSAM Awards. Judging will be held February 22-24, 2007 at the Dallas Home Builders Association’s office in Plano, Texas.
Panattoni Development Company’s retail division, headquartered in Panattoni Development Company’s retail division, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., announced today that Plano, Texas-based JCPenney has signed a lease to open a 103,525-square-foot store at Rancho del Chino, Panattoni’s new $90 million, 42-acre shopping center, which is under construction in Chino, Calif.
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has added Stacy Stout as marketing director in the company’s recently opened Denver, Colorado office. In her new position, Stout will provide KTGY with the local resources to more effectively reach out to existing and prospective clients in the region.
Wellington Franchising Systems has acquired the development rights in Southern Nevada for Sport Clips, a sports-themed, national hair care franchise for men and boys, where you can get a haircut, receive the MVP treatment, and watch sports on TV. Wellington plans to open approximately 30 Sport Clips stores. There are currently five Sport Clips stores operating in the area.
Highland Development Company, a subsidiary of The Marcus & Millichap Company and a dynamic retail and retail-driven mixed-use development company, announced that the company is developing an 84,500 sq. ft. retail/office project in Bakersfield, CA. The new project, which will be anchored by an existing Walgreens, is expected to break ground in the summer 2007 and be completed by late 2007.
De Rito Partners Development of Phoenix, AZ named former Ralphs Grocery Company Sr. VP Tom Gast President and Partner of De Rito Partners West. Based in Anaheim Hills, CA, Gast will be responsible for the acquisition and development of retail, mixed-use and redevelopment opportunities in CA and NV. Company plans to spend more than $100 million in these areas within the next 18 to 24 months.
Panattoni Development Company’s retail division, based in Irvine, CA, has begun construction on the 450,000 SF retail development project, Rancho del Chino in Chino, CA. Upon completion, the project will consist of Home Depot, an electronics retailer, a department store and an office supply store as well as several shops and restaurants. Home Depot and shops are slated to open in January 2008.
Coreland Companies of Tustin, Calif., one of the largest privately held commercial real estate service companies based in California, recently named Susan Szabo to the position of Regional Real Estate Manager. Previously, she was General Manager for Pan Pacific Retail Properties.
Wellington Franchising Systems has opened the first Orange County Sport Clips store in Huntington Beach, Calif., a sports-themed, hair care franchise for men and boys, where you can get a haircut, receive the MVP treatment, and watch sports on TV. Walking into Sport Clips is like walking into a baseball stadium or basketball arena. It’s as if ESPN meets a barbershop but even better!
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has added Kimberly Ohara as residential design director in the company’s recently opened Denver, Colorado office. Ohara brings nearly 20 years of design experience covering all phases of development, from conceptual land planning through construction administration.
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce its latest achievement at the most recent Builder’s Choice Design & Planning Awards held at The Ritz Carlton hotel in Washington, DC. KTGY won the Grand Award for two of its California residential mixed-use projects, Bayside in Hercules and Aqua Via in Oakland. There were more than 500 entries received for this year
A new $18 million, 68,300-square-foot office/warehouse condominium project in Palm Desert, CA, is under construction. The four-acre Monterey Shore Business Park answers the strong demand for small office/warehouse space that can be purchased. The Indian Wells office of CB Richard Ellis is the sales agent. Sale prices start at $245,000 with the majority of the units priced less than $500,000.
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has opened a new office in Denver, Colorado to expand its services in the United States. The new office will be headed by industry veterans Michael Ohara, principal and director of residential design and Scott Higa, principal and director of retail. This year also marks KTGY’s 15th year anniversary.
Highland Development Company, a subsidiary of The Marcus & Millichap Company and a dynamic retail and retail-driven mixed-use development company, announced that David Rose has been named Site Acquisitions Director. Prior to joining Highland, Rose was a Development Partner for Arizona Partners, LLC.
Coreland Companies, one of the largest privately held commercial real estate service companies based in California, recently named Karen A. Wagner as mall manager of the Palm Springs Mall. Wagner brings to Coreland considerable marketing, public relations, operations and financial expertise in large scale shopping centers.
Coreland Companies of Tustin, Calif., one of the largest privately held commercial real estate service companies based in California, was awarded 6 new retail and office management contracts totaling more than 1.2 million square feet. The properties, which include Palm Springs Mall, Downey Landing and River Oaks Shopping Center, are located throughout Southern California and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Hodgdon Group, a full-service real estate brokerage, development & construction management company, recently negotiated the purchase of a 4+/- acre parcel for Ashley Furniture HomeStore at the new Desert Gateway in Palm Desert. The Hodgdon Group also coordinated the entitlements and will be the construction manager for the 50,000 sq. ft. Ashley Furniture HomeStore slated to open in fall '07.
Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has been selected as the architect for The Gateway in South Gate, Calif., a new $175 million, 600,000 sq. ft. lifestyle, retail and entertainment destination which will be a state-of-the-art multi-media showcase unlike any other development in the western U.S.; similar to New York's Time Square. The project is slated to be completed by May 2008.
Wilson Commercial of Los Angeles represented the Landlord in the following retail leases: Union Bank, UPS Store, Sports Zone Pizza & Grill, Red Persimmon Nail & Spa, L&L Hawaiian BBQ restaurant, and Keyvan Sadaghiani, DDS, for a total value of more than $4 Million.
Award-winning KKE Architects, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Las Vegas; Pasadena and Irvine, Calif., announced today that A.C. Atherton has joined KKE as a principal and head of its West Coast Hospitality group. She has over 20 years of experience in resorts and spas, hotels, themed entertainment, sports clubs, retail, mixed-use and large-scale commercial projects.
Wilson Commercial Real Estate of Los Angeles, the largest landlord representative brokerage firm representing institutional and professional retail property owners on an exclusive basis in the Southern California marketplace, negotiated 10 retail lease transactions in Southern California for a total value of more than $6.3 million.
Real Estate Partners, Inc. announced today the purchase of a 250-unit apartment community, The Arbors at Warner Center in Woodland Hills, CA, from Gateway Arbors, LLC for approximately $50 million. With this recent acquisition, Real Estate Partners now owns and manages more than 5,700 apartment units.
Wilson Commercial Real Estate of Los Angeles, the largest landlord representative brokerage firm representing institutional and professional retail property owners on an exclusive basis in the So. CA marketplace, announces 8 retail lease transactions in So. CA for a total of nearly 38,000 square feet including Save-A-Lot, Kirkland’s, Revolution Surf, The UPS Store and Mattress Gallery.
Award-winning KKE Architects, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Las Vegas; Pasadena and Irvine, Calif., announced today the addition of Gary A. Shoeppner as KKE’s Site Development Coordinator and head of its site development services. The company is expanding services already offered to include assistance to developers and retailers with all aspects of site development coordination.
Real Estate Partners, Inc., a national real estate investment and management services company specializing in the acquisition, repositioning, management and disposition of high-growth properties, announced today it will be presented with the 2006 Outstanding Support of California’s Military and Their Families Award by Yellow Ribbon America and The National Guard Association of California.
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