IRVINE, CA—R.D. Olson Development's Bob Olson tells GlobeSt.com that hotels are a leading indicator of the economy's recovery, and RevPAR is up in this <b>UPDATE</b> to an earlier story.

IRVINE, CA—The bank's recent corporate-finance and private-equity additions demonstrate it's unlike other banks its size, Rick Lamoreux and Dale Cheney tell GlobeSt.com in this <b>UPDATE</b> to an earlier story.

IRVINE, CA—Veteran commercial real estate broker and senior management executive Robert Caudill joins the firm in a newly created post to be based here in Irvine.

IRVINE, CA—The San Diego-based receiver partners with locally based Atlas Hospitality Group to market and broker five franchised hotels in Valencia, Thousand Oaks and San Luis Obispo, CA.

IRVINE, CA—The company sees Google Capital's recent $50-million investment as a strategic partnership that creates synergies, Auction.com's Jake Seid tells GlobeSt.com in this <b>UPDATE</b> to an earlier story.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—The Shopoff Group and the Picerne Group begin construction this month on Phase 1 of Uptown Newport Village, a residential and retail project here set to replace a pair of aging industrial buildings.

COSTA MESA, CA—Beech Street Capital, Cushman &amp; Wakefield and Voit Real Estate Services were just a few of the award winners at last week's event recognizing superior performance in Orange County CRE.

SAN DIEGO—The alternative-investment and securities event on March 16-18 here will include a keynote address by Professor Ulrike Malmendier of UC Berkeley and more than 40 sessions.