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Office Complex Purchase Shores Up Playa Vista

ACQUISITION: $27 million deal a rare sale in popular Westside leasing market.

A two-building Playa Vista office complex has traded hands for $27 million in a rare sale for the submarket.

Envelope Maker Headed For Dead Letter Office?

PAPER: Company under Gores Group’s control files for bankruptcy.

Gores Group could be addressing problems with a supply contract by having National Envelope file for bankruptcy.

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Small Cap, Big Pay

Special Report: Executive Compensation

Chief executives at small-cap companies stocked up on fatter paychecks as the markets’ recovery broadened.

Playa Vista Building May Score Video Game Maker

REAL ESTATE: Riot lease would be market’s largest deal in five years.

Playa Vista office building is in play as the future home of video game company Riot.

Insurer’s Exodus Puts Hit on Park Mile Market

VACANCY: Farmers’ move of HQ to Woodland Hills lifts vacancy to 70 percent.

The departure of Farmers Insurance Group from its longtime Wilshire Boulevard headquarters is a blow to the already struggling Park Mile submarket.

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Beached Property

REAL ESTATE: Bank finally works to turn shoreline eyesore into luxury condos.

Latest owner looks to shore up long-delayed luxury condo development in Malibu.

Brokerage Moves HQ from Westside to Downtown

LEASE: CBRE to bring together HQ with other offices on Hope Street.

CBRE Group Inc., one of the world’s largest commercial real estate brokerages, is moving its headquarters to downtown Los Angeles from the Westside.

Buyer Locks Up Office Building for $12.7 Million

ACQUISITION: Deal for Culver City property is second-highest in last year.

A 51,288-square-foot Culver City office building has sold for $12.7 million in the second-highest sale in the city in the last year.

Laid-Back Luxury Looks To Clean Up

Horizontal shower makes splash with $35,000 price tag.

Maker of horizontal shower wants customers to take product’s high price lying down.

Homebuilder Rises as It Moves Back Into Markets

CONSTRUCTION: Stock of Ryland buoyed by run of recent acquisitions.

Ryland is building momentum as it buys back into markets the company fled during the downturn.

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