The latest press releases from Brower Miller Cole http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom.html Voit Real Estate Services has completed 14 transactions over the last 18 months to help Scottrade reach the milestone of 450 branch offices nationwide. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-052010-Voit.html Sunwest Bank, one of the strongest and healthiest community banks in the Western Region, has named Orange County banking veteran Andrew Lamb as Senior Vice President and Relationship Manager of its Newport Beach, Calif. office. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-051310-Sunwest.html In a competition among 42 of the nation’s leading national and regional multifamily management firms that benchmarks on-site leasing performance, Irvine, California-based Western National Property Management has just set a new record. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-051110-Western.html Proving that its new platform is on target with precisely what financial institutions are seeking in this cycle, Voit Real Estate Services has been named asset manager on a twelve-asset distressed commercial real estate portfolio in the greater Sacramento. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-051010-Voit.html In a strong show of its financial stability and appetite for growth, DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services, California’s oldest and most experienced commercial real estate brokerage company, has acquired 26-year-old Collins Commercial. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-042610-Daum.html Diners are invited to enjoy a delicious three-course prix-fixe brunch menu created just for this special day. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-042810-Bayside.html The Orange County Rescue Mission Requests Help to Meet This Alarming Need http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-042710-OCRM.html Located in South Jordan, Utah, Daybreak is a 4,200-acre master planned community, named in 2009 as the sixth best selling community in the Country http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-042610-Western_National.html Voit Real Estate Services, a member of CORFAC International, has assisted with the relocation of Satellite Healthcare to San Jose, Calif. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-042310-Voit.html Voit Real Estate Services, which is rebranding itself to better meet the needs of today’s distressed real estate market, has announced the appointment of Barb Rea as its first full-time Marketing Director. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-042210-Voit.html Commercial real estate investment banking firm George Smith Partners has hired former Bank of America executive Raffi Sarkissian as Senior Vice President for George Smith Partners. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-041510-GSP.html Voit Real Estate Services, one of the top commercial real estate brokerage firms in Orange County, Calif., has developed valuable strategies for successful transactions in the current market. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-041410-Voit.html Western National Property Management was recently awarded top honors at the 11th Annual APEX Awards hosted by the Apartment Association Greater Inland Empire (AAGIE). http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-031710-Western_National.html Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office is reporting an increase in leasing and sales activity across all commercial property types. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-032510-Voit.html To celebrate Bothne’s artwork coming to Bayside Restaurant, a special reception will be held on Saturday, April 17th, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-032510-Bayside.html George Smith Partners’ Co-Managing Director David Rifkind has pronounced that commercial real estate values in Southern California have reached their bottom and will begin a slow upward climb. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-031810-GSPE.html Western National Property Management, the multifamily property management division of Western National Group, has secured six additional third-party management contracts for multifamily communities. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-030810-WNPM.html Anticipating the growing needs of owners of distressed commercial real estate assets, Voit Real Estate Services has hired Matthew W. Stephenson as an asset manager. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-030210-Voit.html Last year’s Oscar Party was full of the glitz, glamour and fun of a real Hollywood event, making this year’s event a must-attend for Orange County’s finest. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-021210-Kimera.html We were able to find a high-visibility corner at the entrance to downtown Costa Mesa and structure a lease that allowed Mother’s Market to build a store that better serves the shopping needs of their customers http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-021110-Voit.html The deal, expected to close by mid-February, is an optimistic sign that capital markets are beginning to thaw. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-020410-GSP.html Sunwest Bank, one of the healthiest banks in California, has announced that financial expert and former Tustin City Mayor, Jeffery M. Thomas, has joined its Board of Directors. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-020410-Sunwest.html More than 250 of the top business leaders in commercial real estate met last week to hear the Voit Real Estate Services’ Commercial Real Estate Forecast at the Pacific Club. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-020110-Voit.html The Voit brokers did an outstanding job of securing the parcel and negotiating the transaction. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-012710-Voit.html Voit Real Estate Services’ has recently completed the largest Orange County industrial lease by square-footage in more than five years. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-011910-Voit.html Memorable Top Chef Season 1 contestant Dave Martin will be at Bayside Restaurant in Newport Beach to host a special “Top Chef” dinner. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-011810-Bayside.html New apartment community offers prime location, luxury amenities with access to shopping, employment and entertainment. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-011210-Enclave.html Raintree Partners, a Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based real estate investment company, has completed its second multifamily acquisition this year. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-121009-RP.html Voit has assisted The Carson Companies with the sale of a 65,569 square-foot industrial building in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-111609-VOIT.html Sunwest Bank has acquired Pacific Coast National Bank of San Clemente, CA. This is the third bank acquisition by Sunwest Bank in 2009. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-111309-SUNWEST.html Lights Out guide offers a simple solution for garage owners to increase customer satisfaction and generate revenue and repeat business http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-110909-REDLINE.html The Temecula Murrieta Rescue Mission’s Mobile Medical Clinic will help those in need combat the winter cold and flu season. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-102909-MRS.html Brower, Miller & Cole has expanded its financial expertise with the addition of Sunwest Bank. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-060909-BMC-SW.html Timothy Telles, owner of Tribeca Destination Salon will host a very special Cut-A-Thon to benefit the Orange County Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-060909-TDS-OCRM.html Western National Properties, an affiliate of Western National Group, is currently developing a 195-unit multifamily project in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-060909-WNG.html Kimera Restaurant is holding a contest for Orange County’s budding filmmakers http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-060909-Kimera.html Sunwest Bank has announced its acquisition of First State Bank of Flagstaff, Ariz. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-091409-SWB.html.html Orange County Rescue Mission in dire need of dry cereal, peanut butter, jelly and canned tuna to fill food boxes for homeless and impoverished families in our community http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-072709-OCRM.html Newport Beach, Calif. - based Master Development Corporation has secured a six-year lease valued at $3.5 million in its Thoroughbred Business Park in Ontario, Calif. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-072909-MASTDEV.html Western National Property Management, the multifamily property management division of Western National Group, has secured four apartment community management contracts totaling 854 units in Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-080609-WNPM.html Voit Real Estate Services has announced the addition of Kurt Strasmann as Managing Director of the firm’s Anaheim Metro commercial brokerage office. In that role, Strasmann will also be increasing Voit Commercial Brokerage’s geographic coverage by creating an Inland Empire office. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-081709-VRES.html Leading national commercial real estate investment banking firm George Smith Partners (GSP) and national law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (Manatt), have joined forces to offer an integrated legal and financial advisory platform to advise and assist borrowers with securitized commercial real estate loans... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-070909-GSP.html Anticipating the growing needs of owners of distressed commercial real estate assets, Voit Real Estate Services has announced that it has hired two new key executives to drive the firm into a more dominant position... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-071309-Voit.html Brower, Miller & Cole, an Irvine, Calif.-based full service marketing, public relations and advertising firm, has secured a contract with Raintree Partners to handle the recently founded company’s publicity and collateral... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-071309-BMC.html DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has closed a $14.6 million industrial expansion transaction in Ontario, Calif. for Myers Power Products. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-072709-Daum.html Sunwest Bank has acquired MetroPacific Bank of Irvine, California. The FDIC accepted receivership of MetroPacific from California’s Department of Financial Institutions, which closed MetroPacific on Friday, June 26th. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-062709-SWB.html Turner Opportunity Fund I, L.P. will focus on acquiring distressed commercial real estate assets in the Western Region http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-062209-Turner.html Bayside Restaurant is providing a bailout of its own in the form of the new “Economic Stimulus Package” set menu! http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-061509-Bayside.html Acreage donated by Kendall Farms is certified organic and will produce potatoes, corn, zucchini, tomatoes, red onions, peppers and watermelon for homeless and impoverished families http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-060509-TMR.html Lease demonstrates potential growing confidence in Orange County industrial market http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-060209-Voit.html RIVERSIDE, Calif. (May 4, 2009) — The 132-room Hampton Inn & Suites has broken ground at Turner Development Corporation’s Turner Riverwalk, a one million square-foot master planned business park in Riverside, Calif. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-050409.html SUNNYVALE, Calif. (May 4, 2009) – Raintree Partners, a Laguna Niguel, Calif. based real estate investment company, has completed its first multifamily acquisition. The firm has acquired Trellis Square Apartment Homes in Sunnyvale, Calif., a 204-unit luxury apartment community located in the heart of Silicon Valley for $38.25 million. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-050409-2.html TUSTIN, Calif., (May 13, 2009) – Sunwest Bank, one of the strongest and healthiest banks in California, announced that its net income grew 100 percent year-over-year for the first quarter, and that its assets grew by 20 percent during the same period. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-051309.html IRVINE, Calif., (April 15, 2009) – Bacchus Development, an Irvine-based commercial real estate developer, has sold seven buildings totaling 45,552 square feet in the last 30 days at BaccHus Signature Series, a 265,800 square-foot office park located in Irvine Spectrum, Calif., with prices averaging $225 per square-foot. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-041509.html LOS ANGELES (April 14, 2009) - Commercial real estate investment banking firm, George Smith Partners, Inc.’s (GSP) Asset Sales and Advisory Group has been exclusively retained by an established California-based private mortgage fund to sell a first mortgage in the advanced stages of default. The note is secured by a prime location condominium development in Henderson (Las Vegas), Nev. http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-041409.html Temecula, Calif., March 20, 2009 – The Orange County Rescue Mission and Rancho Community Church in Temecula, Calif. have joined forces to launch the Temecula Murrieta Rescue Mission... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-032009.html ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (March 11, 2009) –Western National Property Management, the multifamily property management arm of Western National Group, has announced a new benefit they now offer for renters known as the Layoff Protection Program. Under the new program, which starts today, residents who have lost their job can cancel their rental contracts without penalties... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-031109_2.html RIVERSIDE, Calif. (March 11, 2009) — Loma Linda University Health Care has opened its new state-of-the-art ophthalmology center in the Medical Park at Riverwalk in Riverside, Calif. The Riverside Regional Pain Center, which offers cutting edge interventional pain management administered by Dr. Babar Iqbal, has also opened at Turner Development Corporation’s Medical Park at Riverwalk, which is helping meet the need for modern medical office facilities in the region... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-031109.html NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 3, 2009 – Voit has announced a refocus, rebranding and revitalization of its firm through a return to its efforts in asset services to meet the needs of banks, financial institutions and owners facing challenges in the current commercial real estate market... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-030209.html NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., (February 23, 2009) – The artwork of Canadian residents, Viatcheslav and Natalia Tchistilines, known collectively as SLAVA TCH, will be displayed at Bayside Restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. from March 7th to June 13th, 2009... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-022309.html Thursday, October 9, 2008 The Children’s Place, a leading specialty retailer of children’s merchandise, is set to open at The Shoppes at Chino Hills. The Children’s Place offers high-quality, value-priced merchandise for children ages newborn to ten years old... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-100908-SCH.html LOS ANGELES (October 2, 2008)— Commercial real estate investment banking firm, George Smith Partners, Inc. has formed the Lender Services Group to effectively market and sell lenders’ assets in an accelerated format, while focusing on the highest recovery for the lending institution... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-100208-gsp.html IRVINE, Calif. (September 29, 2008)—Western National Property Management, the multifamily real estate management arm of Western National Group, has hired Lynn Klug as regional vice president, business development... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-092908-WNP.html PALM DESERT, Calif. (September 29, 2008) –After undergoing a complete transformation, the 512-unit Regent Palm Desert is the most amenity-filled upscale apartment community in Palm Desert, according to Steven Paull, partner and chief financial officer of Monarch Group. The renovation includes extensive interior and exterior upgrades to the buildings and landscaping... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-092908-mg.html NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., (September 25, 2008) – The work of world renowned abstract expressionist Palo Uber will be featured at Bayside Restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif. commencing October 2008 and running through January of 2009. This is the largest single collection of Uber’s work ever to be displayed in the U.S.A... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-092508-Bay.html VAN NUYS, Calif., (September 24 , 2008) – Interviewing Service of America, a market research data collection, data processing and multicultural information service company, has signed a six-year lease on approximately 17,000 square feet of office space in Van Nuys, Calif. for more than $3 million... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-092408-DAUM.html September 13, 2008, Orange County Rescue Mission to celebrate the grand opening of The Village of Hope, a state of the art homeless facility, with an exciting weekend of events. Festivities will include a gala dinner and exclusive “Concert for Hope” performed at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Concert will feature a musical work commissioned by Roberta and Howard Ahmanson, in honor of The Village of Hope. Each ticket sold to the “Concert for Hope” is a 100% donation to the Village of Hope. Festivities will conclude on Sunday with an art dedication and a full day of family fun activities with food, music and art... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-091308-VofH.html TUSTIN, CALIF. (September 10, 2008) – Tustin Business Center, LLC has acquired Tustin Business Center, a 156,991 square-foot multi-tenant industrial business park situated on 10.18 acres in Tustin, Calif., for $28 million... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-091008-voit.html Orange County, Calif., (September 2, 2008) –Coming as a breakthrough for the auto repair industry, Redline Detection, LLC has introduced the “Smoke Pro®,” a diagnostic leak detector™ which enables technicians to easily pinpoint leaks in vacuum, exhaust, fuel vapor recovery (EVAP) and oil systems, as well as wind and water leaks, according to Zachary Parker, president of Redline Detection... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-090208-RL.html Los Angeles, Calif. (August 19, 2008) – Colliers Macaulay Nicolls (CMN), the largest member firm of Colliers International, today announced that the leading real estate services firm has named Dan Spiegel to the role of Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations. In this role, Spiegel will be tasked with overseeing the internal operations and infrastructure systems of the company’s U.S. business in order to increase efficiencies, elevate performance and create greater value for all stakeholders... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-081908-co.html SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 19, 2008) – Harry Stone of Voit Commercial Brokerage has directed the investment sale of the Discovery Bank Building, a two-story, 27,391 square-foot Class B office property situated on 1.63 acres in San Marcos, Calif. for $8.5 million... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-081908-VCBSD.html RIVERSIDE, Calif., (August 18, 2008) – In an area that is starved for modern medical office facilities, Turner Development has announced completion of the final phase of the Medical Park at Riverwalk. These two new medical office buildings have access to hundreds of thousands of residents and more than 3,000 daytime workers on-site. The new medical park will satisfy a need for modern medical office facilities in Riverside, Calif... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-081808-TD.html IRVINE, Calif., (August 6, 2008) – Avanath Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm headquartered in Irvine, Calif., has hired renowned industry executive Ed Hurley as Chief Operating Officer... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-080608-ACP.html IRVINE, Calif., (July 29, 2008) - Kimera Restaurant, a pioneer in global fusion cuisine, has crafted a new summer menu to highlight the freshest ingredients of the season... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-072908-kim.html SYLMAR, Calif., (July 22, 2008) – Voit Development Company, one of Southern California’s leading development firms, has sold a 33,717 square-foot building at North Valley Commerce Center, a 201,326 square-foot industrial business park in Sylmar, Calif... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-072208-voitD.html Stanton, Calif., (June 16, 2008) – Seal Beach, California-based Heslin Becker Properties, LLC, a full-service commercial real estate acquisition and development firm, recently acquired a 30,000 square-foot former Albertson’s building in Stanton, Calif. This transaction marks the company’s second purchase of an Albertsons property in Stanton. Heslin Becker will invest approximately $6 million in the property... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-061608.html SAN JACINTO, Calif., (June 11, 2008) – Laguna Hills-based DBN Development, LLC has announced the NAI Capital brokerage team of John Bosko, Bob Bush, Jeff Linklater and Daniel Walsh to market Parkside Medical Center, a multi-phased state-of-the-art medical office complex in San Jacinto, Calif... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-061108-DBN.html RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., (June 11, 2008) – Victoria Gardens, the Inland Empire’s iconic lifestyle center situated in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has hired Masa Liles as the new Marketing Director... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-061108.html TEMECULA, Calif., (November 19, 2007) – The Promenade in Temecula, a one-million square-foot regional shopping center, has broken ground on a new open-air expansion, which will be built between Macy’s and Edwards Cinemas. The expansion will feature 126,000 square feet of upscale retailers and restaurants in a main street setting featuring fountains, shade trees, and other pleasing amenities... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-111907.html Irvine, Calif., (October 1, 2007) -- With many homebuilders and residential developers facing challenging marketing conditions, Scala Real Estate Partners, LP has announced a $200 million joint investment program to acquire, develop or re-capitalize residential and mixed-use development projects in California... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-100107.html LOS ANGELES (January 22, 2007)—Syska Hennessy Group, a national consulting, engineering, technology and construction firm, has announced the formation of its Green Critical Facilities (Green CF) Committee. The team will incorporate sustainability and environmental awareness in the design and operation of more energy efficient and environmentally conscious critical facilities, currently a chief concern within the data center industry... http://www.browermillercole.com/newsroom-012207.html