ONTARIO, CA-The Wisconsin-based hotel chain breaks ground here for its first hotel in the state. The four-story, 105-unit offering will be a joint venture with California developer Lew Wolff.

RIVERSIDE, CA-AM CAP sells the 18-unit property, known as Columbia Gardens Apartments, to a group of 1031 exchange buyers for nearly $1.3 million. Constructed in 1978, the complex was fully occupied at the time of sale.

TEMECULA, CA-Keeton Construction begins building the office facility for the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce. Shell and tenant improvement construction on the $732,000 project is scheduled for completion in December.

SAN DIEGO, CA-Portland, OR-based Harsch Investment Properties purchases the 214,533-sf Cabrillo Commerce Center, marking the company's fourth San Diego industrial acquisition since it reentered the market in 2001.

SAN DIEGO, CA-Hi-Tech Equipment Corp. and BMK LP ink leases for a combined 11,686 sf of industrial space at Westcore Business Park, while Vigitron Inc. signs an agreement for 2,443 sf of warehouse and office space at Westcore Miramar Business Park.

CHULA VISTA, CA-Continental Leather Fashions, Indu Fashion and Paul Taylor Pest Control have inked three separate leases for space in Westcore Industrial Properties' Southrail Business Park. The three tenants will take a total of 15,084 sf in the Chula Vista industrial complex.

GOLETA, CA-DuPont Displays will take 148,000 sf in Saris-Regis Group's 325,000-sf business complex, according to the terms of the $25-million lease. It will occupy the majority of the space soon to be vacated by Litton Industries, which is now owned by Northrop Grumman Corp.

DEL MAR, CA-The semiconductor distributor inks an agreement with Kilroy Realty Corp. to occupy a 115,000-sf, five-story building on Valley Centre Drive. The building will be used to consolidate 300 employees from the United Kingdom and two San Diego locations by March 2003.