HENDERSON, NV—The Bascom-Oaktree JV, formed a year ago, inked a deal this week to acquire Villa Serena, a 288-unit apartment property near Las Vegas.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Coming from Related California, Westberg with serve as EVP, heading up the new Newport Beach Office, and focusing on affordable housing.

ORANGE, CA—Developers are collaborating on ELEVEN10 West, a 260-unit complex scheduled to open in 2017.

PARIS—Thor-Ares partnership has enlisted Cushman & Wakefield to lease the 30,000 sq ft Paris landmark at 51 Boulevard Haussmann.

CHICAGO—The two-story recreation center at Ellis Park is being developed through a joint effort of the city of Chicago, the Chicago Park District and Chicago Public Schools.

BOSTON—The firm's MarketWatch also sees movement elsewhere resulting from a tighter market in Cambridge.

NEW YORK CITY—Permits city-wide in 2014 also jumped 84% from 2012, and for the third year in a row, Brooklyn is King, the DOB says.

IRVINE, CA—Acxiom, an analytics and software-as-a-service company, will license RealtyTrac's files and data for inclusion in its InfoBase and AbiliTec product lines.