SACRAMENTO, CA-The ranking is up four places from last year in the annual office market ratings, thanks to strong investment activity and an upbeat outlook that forecasts lower vacancies.

LOS ANGELES-The investment firm names Randy Vida and Ted Robinson to new finance and acquisitions posts as it continues a campaign to build its national portfolio of assets to $2.5 billion by the end of 2006.

FULLERTON, CA-Irvines Wohl Investments buys the 102,000-sf industrial facility from Los Angeles-based Ducommum, which disposed of it as excess property.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-The subleasing of space formerly occupied by Intel and a land sale by the chipmaker are among signs of a reviving office market in the Conejo Valley.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-The subleasing of space formerly occupied by Intel and a land sale by the chipmaker are among signs of a reviving office market in the Conejo Valley.

FULLERTON, CA-The transaction is relatively small, but the purchase of a 10-unit apartment complex by a private investor further signals the strength and activity of private investors in today's market, brokers say.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-Stone-Levy LLC acquires the 476-room hotel on behalf of a pension fund. Terms aren't disclosed, but the buyer is believed to have paid about $81 million.

SAN JOSE, CA-The new entity is called GVA AsiaPac and will coordinate with Chicago-based GVA to provide a range of real estate services to American and European companies in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.