YORBA LINDA, CA-The Denver-based REIT buys the 400-unit RiverBend complex for $98.8 million, further expanding its California holdings after recent Northern California buys.

SANTIAGO, CHILE-Equity International, the international private equity firm affiliated with Chicago's Equity Group, closes on an investment in shopping center owner Parque Arauco.

ISSAQUAH, WA-The company opens 16 new stores, 12 in the first quarter and four more in the current quarter.

SYDNEY-The Los Angeles-based company buys Brookdale-based Bridge Real Estate and Perth-based DTZ Australia.

SYDNEY-The Los Angeles-based company buys Brookdale-based Bridge Real Estate and Perth-based DTZ Australia.

OXNARD, CA-The company opens its third L.A. North/Ventura region office, the 33rd office nationally and the sixth new Lee office to open in the U.S. this year.

IRVINE, CA-The property management firm wins the management contract for the 518-acre, 1,250-unit Rosedale project of condominiums, luxury homes and other development.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-The Murrel Co., owner of the Mariner's Mile office, retail and boat slip complex, locks in a lower rate with a $10.1 million loan via NorthMarq Capital.