LOS ANGELES-Sales of condominiums and townhomes are surging, a new report says, thanks to the skyrocketing prices of California's single-family homes and relatively low mortgage rates.

LOS ANGELES--Lowe Enterprises represents East Coast retirement fund in $50-million office purchase in El Segundo. The pair will build an additional 90,000 sf on an adjacent parcel.

LOS ANGELES-Private investors purchase the 108,863-sf Town Center Office Park.

LOS ANGELES-The 532,000-sf development, finished barely 18 months ago, is nearly 100% leased.

LOS ANGELES-A Long Beach complex, containing apartment units, a movie theater and retail space, has been sold to a locally based developer.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-Private group sews up purchase of 24,562-sf professional complex in Westlake Village.

CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA-The 2,533-acre Firestone Boy Scout camp, which has long been an environmental stronghold, has been sold to a City of Industry development agency.

LOS ANGELES-Transit officials approve $20.8-million contract for engineering work on proposed six-mile line. Losing bidders cry foul, noting the same engineering firm is also handling the projects EIR.