MONROVIA, CA-The company, which operates drug stores and provides pharmacy services, relocates from Pasadena to more modern space, signing a seven-year commitment for 24,344 sf for its corporate headquarters.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Talya Nevo-Hacohen brings corporate finance experience as well as real estate savvy from her days with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to a newly created position in a move to facilitate growth as well as oversee the treasury.

PALM SPRINGS, CA-Newport Beach-based Quail Street Properties LLC plans 2,000 homes plus commercial and recreational development on 467 acres surrounding Desert Dunes Golf Course. Entitlement is just getting under way.

EL SEGUNDO, CA-It's one of the last holdings of the Japanese company, which once owned four million sf of US properties, primarily in California. The building is 95% leased to two tenants, FedEx and International Rectifier.

HOLLYWOOD, CA-The International Cinematographers Guild will move across the street after renovating a 50-year-old building at 7755 W. Sunset Blvd., which it just acquired from Emmis Radio Corp.

ORANGE, CA-Vintque, a maker of accessories for classic cars, acquires a 17,520-sf freestanding industrial building from a Florida seller. The site will serve as a consolidation point for three buildings.

GARDEN GROVE, CA-The Santa Ana developer's Burke Knott Business Center will be primarily industrial, but with office build-outs of up to 50%. Construction will start almost immediately in a plan to deliver in January 2004.

BURBANK, CA-Overall statewide construction rises to 10.5% because of residential building, but the commercial sector continues to slump, the Construction Industry Research Board reports.