WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-Pinkerton and Burns, now part of Sweden's Securitas, take the extension option on a lease that included an option to either continue or cancel after five years at CarrAmerica's Westlake Spectrum.

COLTON, CA-Bay West Equities of San Francisco adds the Stater Bros. warehouse property to the portfolio as part of a long-term growth plan. The seller, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp., gets about $17.2 million for the 438,996-sf holding.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-The firm of Newmeyer & Dillion expands to 34,682 sf by subleasing 8,853 sf of office space from another tenant. The assignment was far from easy because the 105,000-sf building was filled and the firm didn't want to move.

IRVINE, CA-Staff Pay has turned on the lights at a 12,012-sf industrial building in Irvine, relocating from 6,800 sf of leased space in Santa Ana in an acquisition structured for buyer and seller by Voit Commercial Brokerage.

CARSON, CA-The buyer gets less than half of the 937,680-sf, 30-year-old mall from Carson Mall Partners. Three anchors own the balance. With the deal done, the team is weighing the redevelopment options, including a partial "de-malling.

LOS ANGELES-An Arcadia investment group acquires the 96-unit portfolio of circa 1920 properties, which is 95% occupied, from an Inglewood owner. The units average 588 sf and rent for $456 per month, a below-market rate.

SIMI VALLEY, CA-The Cleveland developer joins two Southern California firms that are planning the 129-acre shopping venue, billed as the largest ever mixed-use development hereabouts. The project, thus far, stands at 800,000 sf.

CHATSWORTH, CA-Nukote's move in May takes it from a 46,000-sf industrial site to a 124,518-sf building. The office equipment imaging supplier has signed a five-year industrial lease for a manufacturing and distribution site.