LOS ANGELES-A recent poll says international buyers covet Washington, DC and New York the most, but the City of Angels also ranks high their list. San Francisco, Boston and Chicago get high marks as well.

BREA, CA-Cardinal Development Co. acquires a 21,600-sf industrial property on Lambert Road in a value-added play. The deal includes three acres of buildable land.

CHATSWORTH, CA-The data-processing and information-management firm will move from Van Nuys into a 27,274-sf building inside Parker Industrial Properties' Nordhoff Industrial Complex.

LOS ANGELES-A recent poll says international buyers covet Washington, DC and New York the most, but the City of Angels also ranks high their list. San Francisco, Boston and Chicago get high marks as well.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The Automobile Club of Southern California pays $6.3 million for a 68,708-sf industrial building in Westminster, while Abbey Co. picks up an 82,010-sf business complex in La Mirada for $5.9 million.

HAWTHORNE, CA-The developer will build 1.8 million sf of office, retail and industrial space on the former Northrop Grumman campus here in this LA suburb. Project is expected to create up to 3,000 jobs.

SAN PEDRO, CA-IESCO Inc. acquires an 18,050-sf industrial building from Tokyo-based Topwin Corp. for use as its new headquarters. IESCO already is moving into the building from its longtime home in another part of San Pedro

LOS ANGELES-Business is booming at the recently opened Chesterfield Square, in the heart of long-neglected South-Central LA, even as some suburban malls sing the holiday sales blues.