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         <title>Behringer Harvard REIT Makes Another Big M-F Splash in California</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Behringer-Harvard-REIT-Makes-Another-Big-M-F-Splash-in-California-1569.shtml</link>
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Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I recently made what was then 2009�s
largest California multi-family acquisition with an $80 million
purchase of Waterford Place Apartment Homes near the Bay Area. This
week, the REIT topped that with the $96 million purchase of another
property�this time in Los Angeles.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Equity Office Signs Sony to LA Lease Renewal </title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Equity-Office-Signs-Sony-to-LA-Lease-Renewal--1566.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Equity Office Properties has signed tenant Sony Corp. to a lease
renewal for 50,400 square feet of office space in West Los Angeles.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>HFF to Market Former Mervyn&apos;s HQ in California</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/HFF-to-Market-Former-Mervyns-HQ-in-California-1562.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The San Francisco office of Holiday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. has been
selected to market for sale the former headquarters of department store
chain Mervyn�s.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>With Prices on the Decline, Behringer Harvard Makes $136M M-F Play</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/With-Prices-on-the-Decline-Behringer-Harvard-Makes-136M-M-F-Play-1544.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The gap between buyer and seller pricing expectations on commercial
real estate is closing, and with owners eager to sell properties to
escape debt maturities or just to pocket cash to address financial
demands, it has become a buyers market. Taking advantage of the
appealing prices, Behringer Harvard has just acquired two apartment
properties totaling 746 units in separate transactions valued at an
aggregate $136 million.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Economy Watch - IRS Changes Rules for Securitized Loan Modification</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Economy-Watch-IRS-Changes-Rules-for-Securitized-Loan-Modification-1529.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[From the nether reaches of the Internal Revenue Service a new tax rule recently emerged (Revenue Procedure 2009-45), the effect of which will be to let real estate borrowers pursue possible modifications to securitized loans--ones that are at risk of default--without triggering tax penalties. Previously, administrative tax rules imposed severe penalties for changes made to commercial mortgage pools or investment interests after the startup date of the securitization vehicle. This naturally had the effect of keeping borrowers mum until default had actually occurred or was nigh.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ingham to Lead Orange County Office for JLL</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Ingham-to-Lead-Orange-County-Office-for-JLL-1533.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Jones Lang LaSalle has named Jeffrey Ingham to head up its Orange County, Calif., office.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Equity Office Inks Tenant to $2.8M LA Office Lease</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Equity-Office-Inks-Tenant-to-28M-LA-Office-Lease-1498.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Equity Office Properties has inked a 10-year office lease with tenant J
Arthur Greenfield &amp; Co. at Los Angeles' Oppenheimer Tower.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>$80M San Fran M-F Sale Bucks Slow Market </title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/80M-San-Fran-M-F-Sale-Bucks-Slow-Market--1493.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[While multifamily deals decreased significantly in the past year or two
in the San Francisco Bay Area, it isn�t because of lack of buyers � it
is because the sellers don�t like the market correction. In spite of
the sellers� reluctance to put properties on the market, Waterford
Place Apartment Homes in Dublin, Calif., has sold for $80 million. ]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tenant Signs on for 269,000 SF of Inland Empire Industrial Space </title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Tenant-Signs-on-for-269000-SF-of-Inland-Empire-Industrial-Space--1274.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Newport Beach, Calif.-based Master Development Corp., the managing
member of Ontario Two L.L.C., has inked a tenant to a six-year lease
valued at $3.5 million in Phase II of its Thoroughbred Business Park, a
2 million-square-foot industrial park located in Ontario, Calif.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>1.2MSF Project on Former Brownfield Site in California Earns LEED Certification</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/12MSF-Project-on-Former-Brownfield-Site-in-California-Earns-LEED-Certification-1228.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A 1.2-million-square-foot industrial park touted as the largest
speculative industrial project in the U.S. became one of the largest
overall projects in California to receive LEED certification. Developed
by Dallas-based Hillwood, the project was sold to CB Richard Ellis
Investors a year ago, but Hillwood staff recently completed the Silver
LEED certification process on behalf of the new buyer.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Santa Clarita M-F Trades for $23M </title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Santa-Clarita-M-F-Trades-for-23M--1208.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A 158-unit multi-family property in Santa Clarita, Calif., has traded
for $23 million in what a firm involved in the deal says is the largest
multi-family transaction in the region in three years.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Green Mixed-Use Project in Hawaii Moves Forward </title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Green-Mixed-Use-Project-in-Hawaii-Moves-Forward--1190.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Architecture firm Stoutenborough Inc. has signed been selected by theKrausz Cos. of San Francisco to handle the design of a320,000-square-foot sustainable, mixed-use community on the island ofMaui, Hawaii.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Colliers B&amp;amp;K to Head Services for Allstate in Western US</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Colliers-BandK-to-Head-Services-for-Allstate-in-Western-US-1191.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Colliers Bennett &amp; Kahnweiler Inc. has been named transaction
management services provider for Allstate Corp.�s Western United States
region.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title> Furniture Maker Snaps Up 439,000 SF of Industrial Space in California's Inland Empire</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/-Furniture-Maker-Snaps-Up-439000-SF-of-Industrial-Space-in-Californias-Inland-Empire-1178.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In what is being described by industry players as the second-largest industrial user-sale transaction in Southern California this year,Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. has acquired a two-building portfolio totaling 439,000 square feet in the Cooley Ranch Industrial Park in Colton, Calif., a submarket of the Inland Empire. Overton Moore Properties sold the vacant buildings about 18 months after purchasing them. ]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>California M-F Scores $18M in Financing</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/California-M-F-Scores-18M-in-Financing-1073.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Ory Schwartz, senior director of NorthMarq Capital�s Los Angeles
office, has arranged an $18 million first mortgage for Meadowridge
Apartments, a 176-unit multi-family complex located in Santa Clarita,
Calif.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Omega Takes Majority Stake in Developer of 440-Acre Fresno Project</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Omega-Takes-Majority-Stake-in-Developer-of-440-Acre-Fresno-Project-1053.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Omega Commercial Finance Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in EcoCalifornia L.L.C., a firm currently in the process of developing a golf resort and housing project in the Fresno, Calif., area.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hager Pacific Leases out 108,000SF of California Industrial Space</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Hager-Pacific-Leases-out-108000SF-of-California-Industrial-Space-1046.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Southern California-based private real estate investment firm Hager Pacific Properties has leased a 108,700-square-foot office/industrial property in Ontario, Calif., to Kim Lighting, a division of Hubbell Lighting Inc.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Escobosa to Head Inland Empire Operations for Colliers</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Escobosa-to-Head-Inland-Empire-Operations-for-Colliers-983.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Colliers International has tapped Ruben Escobosa to lead the firm�s operations in California�s Inland Empire. ]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>123,000SF UCLA Medical Office Trades for $43M   </title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/123000SF-UCLA-Medical-Office-Trades-for-43M---878.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Regents of the University of California has completed the $43 million acquisition of 100 UCLA Medical Plaza from Held Properties Inc. ]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Abbey Makes 460,000-SF Orange County Office Play</title>
         <link>http://www.cpexecutive.com/cpn/regions/Abbey-Makes-460,000-SF-Orange-County-Office-Play-616.shtml</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Abbey Co. has acquired a three-building, 460,000-square-foot Orange County, Calif., office complex from Maguire Properties.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:46 UTC</pubDate>
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