Five of the new communities are in Irvine, four in Newport Beach, two in the Riverside County city of Menifee, two in Lake Forest, two in Carlsbad and one each in Escondido, San Juan Capistrano, San Marcos, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo and Carmel Valley. They range in size from a 54-unit condominium association for the Belcourt Park community in Newport Beach to a 1,020-unit combination single-family home and condominium community in Irvine called Woodbury East Community Association.

Rene Decker, chief marketing officer for PCM, notes that the Lake Forest-firm has continued to grow despite the challenging economy. As the property management company, PCM serves as an agent to the association's board of directors by providing budget guidance, communicating with the board of directors and the residents, coordinating projects of interest to the communities, and managing vendors for landscaping and other services.

PCM specializes in the management of common interest developments of homeowners associations for high-rise condominiums, family-oriented master-planned developments, subdivisions of master-planned developments, active-adult master-planned communities and boutique communities throughout Southern California. PCM and its companies employ a staff of more than 1,500 and manage a portfolio of nearly 110,000 units in 280 community associations, representing a combined real estate value in excess of $45 billion.