ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Investors continue to pay higher prices for Orange County apartment buildings despite flat rent growth and a slight increase in vacancy. The average going rate is up to $102,500 per unit, an 8.75% hike just in the first quarter.

BURBANK, CA-LA Graphico signs for the space at 3800 Vanowen Blvd. in a 10-year deal for 74,000 sf of research and development space. The graphics firm, relocating from within Burbank, is planning to move in by June 1.

ARCADIA, CA-The Ann Karen Day Spa has penciled the calendar for a fall opening at the 250,000-sf Arcadia Hub shopping center. The new deal takes occupancy to about 98% in the recently renovated plaza, owned by Golden West Properties of LA.

SANTA ANA, CA-The buyers, both based in Orange County, take deeds to a 9,000-sf, two-story office building in Santa Ana's Amberwood Office Park and a 6,400-sf, single-story office property in Costa Mesa's Airway Commerce Center

LOS ANGELES-The vacancy rate hardly budges in the first quarter and the median price stabilizes too, according to a Marcus & Millichap report. In the sales arena, limited supply has upped prices more than 20% in some parts of LA County.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-The three-year-old firm boosts the total of its portfolio under management to five million sf, picking up properties in Southern and Northern California. The largest assignment is a 274,300-sf co-management pact.

PASADENA, CA-ATI Systems extends for three years at its corporate headquarters, cutting rent by 15% at the same time. The new bottom line fills 15,542 sf in a deal valued at nearly $1.8 million.

COSTA MESA, CA-The former VP of leasing at the private REIT steps into the vacancy created when Patrick Donahue became president and CEO. The promotion also nets a seat on the firm's five-member executive committee.