WOODLAND HILLS, CA-The Irvine, Calif.-based brokerage picks up four Told Partners brokers to open an office that will specialize in office property investment deals.

MORENO VALLEY, CA-The new owner of the Grand Meadows apartments plans extensive renovations to the complex, which was built in 1973. The seller had owned the property for about three and a half years.

IRVINE, CA-Timeshare developer MPTV of Irvine says Lake Trop LLC--its Las Vegas property between the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino and the Aladdin Hotel/Casino--filed for bankruptcy to protect itself against actions by its lender.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-The Irvine, Calif.-based brokerage picks up four Told Partners brokers to open an office that will specialize in office property investment deals.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA-Owners of the 100,000-sf former headquarters of the bankrupt firm are offering the high-profile "Golden Triangle" building for sale or lease. The structure was designed and built for Music Corporation of America (MCA) in 1938.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-WMC Mortgage Corp. says it funded $405 million in loans during August, a record for the company. The company's loan funding volume in August 2001 was $130 million.

SANTA MONICA, CA-The troubled REIT says a Goldman Sachs investor group will buy it and American Golf, the private company that operates National's courses. The deal will settle a series of financial woes that troubled National and American after a sharp fall-off in business at their courses hobbled American's capacity to pay its rent to National.

LOS ANGELES, CA-Former Staubach and Credit Suisse executive J.D. Cook, a 25-year industry veteran, joins the company as a senior vice president of the tenant-focused firm's L.A. office.