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Torrance, CA - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, is pleased to announce the addition of Robyn Smart as a senior advisor of the Indianapolis office. Smart specializes in tenant representation, site acquisition and landlord representation. In her new role, Smart will be responsible for all aspects of retail brokerage.

Torrance, CA - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brooks Paine of Keystone Pacific Property Management has earned the Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM®) designation through the California Association of Community Managers.

Torrance, CA - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on the $9.25 million sale of the Empire Corporate Center office building complex located at 800 N. Haven Ave., in Ontario, Calif.

Torrance, CA - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mountain Real Estate Capital (MREC) announces the acquisition of The Vintage at The Crosby development in San Diego in a joint venture with Davidson Communities LLC. This represents the third acquisition made by the MREC/Davidson partnership in San Diego County. The value of the transaction could not be disclosed.

Torrance, CA - June 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- After nearly 12 years of public service with Los Angeles World Airport eventually rising to the level of Executive Director, Lydia Kennard will return to KDG Development & Construction Consulting as its President and Chief Executive Officer. KDG was founded in 1980 as an offshoot of the architectural firm that began in 1957 by Ms. Kennard’s late father, the renowned African-American architect Robert Kennard. Jack Wickersham will continue in his current role as Chief of Operations.

Torrance, CA - May 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, has hired Matthew Schoch as a sales associate at its Michigan office. In his new role, Schoch will bring his expertise in tenant mix strategies and marketing to Lee & Associates Michigan.

Torrance, CA - May 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Keystone Pacific Property Management has promoted Tonja Gray from architectural coordinator to community manager for the CZ Master Association in Coto de Caza, Calif.

May 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $1.9 million sales transaction for a 42,700-square-foot industrial building located at 7260 Sycamore Canyon Boulevard in Riverside, California.

Torrance, CA - May 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial real estate services firm, closed the $1.8 million sale of a 22,400-square-foot industrial property at 5217 Industry Ave., in Pico Rivera, Calif. Senior Vice Presidents Jeff Bethel of Lee & Associates’ City of Industry office and Peter D. Bacci of Lee & Associates-Central Los Angeles represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Daniels Western Meat Packers, Inc., a meat and food products supplier since 1953, purchased the property in an all cash deal from Burke & McCoy Family Trusts.

Torrance, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the first Class A multifamily transaction to take place in Las Vegas in at least 36 months, Birmingham, Ala.-based REIT, Colonial Properties Trust (NYSE: CLP), acquired a 341-unit apartment community for $40,900,000, according to Jim Fisher, a Principal with Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura, Inc and Stephen Peters, a Principal with Lee & Associates-Investment Services Group, who represented the buyer in the transaction.

Torrance, CA - May 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate brokerage firms in the country, has opened its newest office in Greenville, S.C. The firm now has 43 offices nationwide as it remains committed to its expansion campaign scheduled to continue through 2011.

Torrance, CA - April 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, has named Thomas “Tommy” C. Hiles, SIOR as the newest principal of the Atlanta office.

Torrance, CA - April 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate brokerage firms in the country, has taken another important step in strengthening its Midwest presence by opening an office in Kansas City, Kan.

Torrance, CA - March 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Westwood Financial Corp., one of the largest owner-operators of shopping centers in the U.S., announces the opening of a new management office in Atlanta. The move will help Westwood Financial reach its goal of doubling its Georgia retail portfolio over the next five years as the company continues to expand its portfolio through the Southeastern U.S.

Torrance, CA - February 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michel Hibbert, senior managing director of Charles Dunn Company’s West Los Angeles office, has closed on the sale of a 14,820-squarefoot Walgreens at 123 E. Belleview Ave., in Englewood, Colo. T...

Torrance, CA - January 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, recently closed the sale of a 27.96-acre land parcel in the Ocean Ranch business park in Oceanside, Calif. The transaction is valued at $8.8 million.

Torrance, CA - January 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Irvine office of Lee & Associates, the fourth largest full-service commercial brokerage company in the nation, has completed the $6.3 million sale of the Teslaco Building, a 35,000-square-foot office building located at 35 Tesla in Irvine, Calif., to Owen Commercial. The building was a foreclosure sale by GE Capital and was never put on the market. Lee & Associates sold it as an off-market investment.

Torrance, CA - January 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has negotiated the sale and acquisition of a 13,452 square-foot lot for $3.4 million. Situated along the California coastline at 1620 Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla, Calif., the REO lot is zoned for residential use and affords ocean views of the La Jolla cove

Torrance, CA - January 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates, one of the largest national commercial real estate providers with regional expertise, has closed a $2.3 million sale on a fully entitled, 1.08-acre parcel of land on N. Vulcan Ave., in Encinitas, Calif.

Torrance, CA - January 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gumbiner Savett Managing Director Michael Savoy, CPA, has been appointed to the California Board of Accountancy (CBA), the entity that regulates the state’s accounting profession for the public interest. Savoy’s appointment was one of Governor Schwarzenegger’s final acts before his term ended Jan. 2.