IRVINE, CA-Construction has been completed on the Dottie and George Hewitt Research Hall, a 78,870-sf lab and office facility designed by Carrier Johnson. The building is the third of 11 in the university's biomedical research center.

OXNARD, CA-The Surfaces USA division of Brazil Granite gets a 37,621-sf facility for $2.5 million. It's being touted as a "one of a kind" building for the firm's first location in Ventura County.

IRVINE, CA-The shipping firm, a 10-year tenant at 18651 Von Karman Ave., signs for another five for the operation, one of its busiest Orange County sites. Signatures are put to paper nearly two months the lease expiration.

REDLANDS, CA-Western Realco digs into the site work for the 227-acre Redlands Business Center now that merchandiser Salton Inc. has committed to 47 1/2 acres and a one-million-sf build-to-suit.

RIVERSIDE, CA-Transcan Development, based near Oakland, is working on entitlements for the 84-acre Canyon Crossings at Canyon Springs, an entertainment and retail center planned at the junction of I-215 and the 60 Highway.

HAWTHORNE, CA-Casa Loma College will occupy the former Watts Healthcare and Northrop Grumman aerospace facility in an expansion from existing facilities in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles.

RIVERSIDE, CA-Transcan Development, based near Oakland, is working on entitlements for the 84-acre Canyon Crossings at Canyon Springs, an entertainment and retail center planned at the junction of I-215 and the 60 Highway.

WHITTIER, CA-The buyer of the Villas Los Pinos apartments gets a circa 1959 complex with some rents up to 30% below market and has already begun work on an extensive rehabilitation of the property.