BEVERLY HILLS, CA-An investment company based in London pays $9.6 million for the 40,732-sf site, one of the last large development parcels in this city.

HUNTINGTON PARK, CA-The New York investment firm and its Portland-based partner sell the 77,000-sf Margarita Plaza.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Charles Sherman is named director of the Real Property Services Group for Coldwell Banker Commercial Orange Coast.

RIVERSIDE, CA-The Long Beach investment firm acquires two new buildings at Hunter Technology Park for $5.4 million.

LOS ANGELES-The company, which is already planning a high-rise condominium along the boulevard, buys a half-acre site at Wilshire Boulevard and Barrington Avenue for another development.

CAMARILLO, CA-Atlas Fence Co. buys the former headquarters of Astrocosmos Metallurgical as its own headquarters.

MORENO VALLEY, CA-The university's regents have enlisted Grubb & Ellis to market UC's Moreno Valley Field Station, which is entitled for development. The Regents are asking a minimum bid of $32 million.

RIVERSIDE, CA-The Long Beach investment firm acquires two new buildings at Hunter Technology Park for $5.4 million.