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Sacramento industrial real estate deal closes for $600 million

Posted on December 21, 2012 by sheri

A Southern California firm closed a $600 million deal Thursday to buy a vast collection of Sacramento’s industrial real estate that local developer Joe Benvenuti assembled over his lifetime. San Diego’s Westcore Properties bought 110 buildings with 11 million square … Continue reading →

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Start-up gets set to begin selling California-style headphones

Posted on August 12, 2012 by sheri

A California start-up is set to wrap up a Kickstarter campaign and begin selling headphones inspired by the state this weekend. California Headphone Co. spent the last two months raising money on Kickstarter, and the company had nearly doubled what … Continue reading →

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Home isn’t necessarily a real-estate investment

Posted on July 31, 2012 by sheri

By Mitch Tuchman Is your home an investment? Is anyone’s home a good, long-term asset? For a long time, the answer was yes. And real estate is still a good deal for investors, but not the way you might think. … Continue reading →

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Son of Lebanese immigrants went on to real-estate notoriety in Northwest; Jack …

Posted on May 13, 2012 by sheri

There’s Benaroya Hall. And the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center./pp Plus a host of office, industrial and business parks in and around Seattle that over the past half-century have borne the Benaroya name./pp They’re all monuments to … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Leventhal dies at 90; key figure in Southland real estate

Posted on May 10, 2012 by sheri

Kenneth Leventhal, a Los Angeles accountant who oversaw some of the largest real estate transactions in the country, died Tuesday at his Bel-Air home. He was 90 and had prostate cancer. Leventhal was a key figure in the transformation of … Continue reading →

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‘California declares war on Suburbia’ – Record

Posted on April 8, 2012 by sheri

Wendell Cox writes in the WSJ that SB 375 — the law that enshrined California’s drive toward “climate-friendly” urban growth — will only push already high real estate prices higher and drive away families while pushing new development away from … Continue reading →

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Fickett Towers apartments sold in Van Nuys

Posted on March 12, 2012 by sheri

A Van Nuys apartment building named after a Navy chaplain was sold for more than $15 million to a provider of affordable housing for the elderly. Fickett Towers, a 200-unit senior housing complex at 14801 Sherman Way, was acquired by … Continue reading →

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PASSINGS: Harry Kullijian, Joe Bodolai

Posted on December 28, 2011 by sheri

Harry Kullijian Husband of Carol Channing Harry Kullijian, a junior high school classmate of Carol Channing who married the entertainer 70 years later, died at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage after suffering an aneurysm Monday, the night before his … Continue reading →

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Real-estate developer Walter Koelbel Sr. dies

Posted on December 27, 2011 by sheri

Colorado real-estate developer and philanthropist Walter A. Koelbel Sr. died Dec. 25. He was 85. He had been ill with Alzheimer’s disease for some time and died in hospice, his son, Walter “Buz” Koelbel Jr. said Monday. Koelbel is credited … Continue reading →

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Richard C. Dunn dies at 84; leader of LA commercial real estate dynasty

Posted on April 23, 2011 by sheri

Richard C. “Dick” Dunn, leader of a Los Angeles commercial real estate dynasty, has died. He was 84. Dunn, who was widely viewed as the dean of the region’s commercial property brokers in his role at the Charles Dunn Co., … Continue reading →

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