NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Speakers at a Voit Real Estate Services forecast point to signs of recovery but say that they worry about what will happen a few years hence.

SANTA MONICA, CA-The Lionstone Group sells its ground leasehold interest on 1800 Stewart St. to Agensys, which is consolidating multiple facilities for a new 160,000-square-foot R&D facility here.

ALAMEDA, CA-Harsch Investment Properties sheds the Alameda Towne Center here to Jamestown Properties for $181 million.

PORTLAND-Market rents and occupancies in the area are beginning to increase and the city’s diverse employment base should help fuel steady growth trends, says an expert, in this week’s wrap-up of deals.

SAN DIEGO-According to an expert, the successful financing reflects recovering hospitality fundamentals coupled with the capital markets recognition of irreplaceable real estate.

LOS ANGELES-Laurus Corp. and its equity partners plan on redeploying the capital from the sale into other acquisition opportunities in the multifamily, office and hotel sectors.

SAN DIEGO-A JV of Pierce Education Properties and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital picks up the 607-bed Palms on University here. Pierce's CEO tells GlobeSt.com that it will be upgraded.

SAN DIEGO-The owner, Cornish Family Trust, takes advantage of the recent decline in interest rates to secure an attractive fixed-rate loan.