DOWNEY, CA-Kaiser Permanente kicks off one of its biggest construction projects ever, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, with McCarthy Building Cos. as the builder.

PASADENA, CA-The buyer acquires a refurbished property with one non-conforming unit. It's 100% occupied and consists of 10 bungalow-style buildings.

IRVINE, CA-The SunCal Cos., a privately held developer of master-planned communities, appoints Edward Nolan as its new CFO.

LOS ANGELES-The Palo Alto apartment REIT acquires the 705-unit Fountain Park Apartments at the Playa Vista development from Playa Capital Co.

IRVINE, CA-The Los Angeles-based investment firm acquires its 12th Irvine property, a 26,770-sf office and laboratory building for $3.9 million.

LOS ANGELES-Commercial real estate financing pioneer Stephen Roth, chairman and co-founder of Secured Capital Corp., leaves the chairman's post to focus on international business but remains a consultant to the firm.

GARDEN GROVE, CA-The transactions include the $2.8 million purchase of a 5,100-sf center here and the $2.1 million sale of an 11,814-sf property in Riverside.

LOS ANGELES-A partnership that owns the 176-unit Centrepointe Apartments secures $19.5 million in financing for the luxury townhome style complex, with proceeds to finance another property, according to PW Funding Inc.