YORBA LINDA, CA-The 45,700-sf Country Club Center and an 8,000-sf strip center trade hands in separate transactions.

TUSTIN, CA-Optima Mortgage acquires the building from Touchstone and AG West Investors for more than $3 million.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Health Care Property Investors also announces a $7 million real estate loan in addition to its acquisition of continuing care complexes from American Retirement Corp.

LONG BEACH, CA-The 221-unit Premiere at CityPlace is a housing component of the mixed-use CityPlace retail and residential development Downtown.

CORONA, CA-Birtcher Commercial Development Group of Laguna Niguel has broken ground on Corona Crossroads, at Sherborn Street and Magnolia Avenue.

LONG BEACH, CA-The Beverly Hills-based hotel chain plans to have the 12,000-sf meeting center open and operating early next year in a $5 million project.

CHINO, CA-The new master-planned community by Lewis Operating Corp. of Upland will eventually include nearly 10,000 residences and a commercial center.

GLENDALE, CA-The 223-unit Avalon Glendale apartments represent the Virginia-based REIT's first new development in Southern California.