IRVINE, CA-Kasdan, Simmonds, Riley & Vaughan takes over the entire 10th-floor office in CitiCorp Tower in a renewal and expansion for 20,025 sf. The six-year lease added another 5,000 sf of elbow room.

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA-Modern VideoFilm, a post-production company, tops off its sixth-floor office with a building sign at 3575 Cahuenga Blvd. West as part of a five-year renewal for 11,863 sf.

LOS ANGELES-Kevin Kaseff and Jeff Tabor, formerly with Insignia's co-investment group, establish Titan Real Estate Investment Group with an initial $25-million equity commitment and the promise of an additional $75 million by yearend.

WESTMINSTER, CA-Robertson Properties Group of Los Angeles uses the 113,000-sf home improvement center and 24,450-sf attached garden center as collateral for a fixed-rate, fully amortizing 20-year loan.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-Private investors from Los Angeles get five fully leased buildings and one that's partially vacant in the 158,459-sf portfolio sale by LA's Kearny Real Estate. The industrial sale closes with $17.6 million in financing.

FONTANA, CA-Diversified Partners of Irvine pays $14.8 million for the Palm Court at Empire Center while Oakland-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan spends $1.7 million for a freestanding building in the center in a splitting of 266,000 sf.

CARSON, CA-William T. Huston steps down as chairman after transforming the former agricultural and oil business into one of the region's largest real estate development and investment operations. The new leader will be selected this month.

LOS ANGELES-The recession continues, but the LA area is faring better than might be expected despite problems in Northern California and the nation. Experts are predicting an uptick in high-tech manufacturing later this year and continuing through 2004.