LOS ANGELES-Kennedy Wilson acquires three multifamily properties, totaling $167 million: Big Trout Lodge in Liberty Lake, WA, Village at Town Center in El Cerrito, CA, and an apartment community in a Seattle suburb.

LOS ANGELES-CBRE's research department gets a data boost with the acquisition of Whitestone Research Corp., a leading facilities-cost analytics firm based in Santa Barbara.

LOS ANGELES-A post-sound entertainment company completes a 12-year lease agreement with Vista Investment Group for a 40,315-square-foot office space in the Hollywood market.

LOS ANGELES-A joint venture between Frank Stork, Channing Henry and the Kor Group purchases the Case Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles with plans to renovate it into a 4-star boutique hotel.

LOS ANGELES-After completing the largest L.A. land transaction since 2002, Pacific Industrial signs a lease agreement with a Fortune 50 company for the 550,000-square-foot industrial development it's planning in Bell, CA.

LOS ANGELES-Retail Opportunity Investment Corp. purchases Plaza De La Cañada, a Gelson's-anchored retail shopping center, from the Vons Cos. Inc. for $35.9 million.

LOS ANGELES-CNS Focused Investments acquires the Waterstone San Dimas, a 288-unit value-add apartment complex in a luxury market of Los Angeles County.

PASADENA, CA-In his first real estate venture, tech expert David Sacks partners with Rising Realty Partners to acquire the Old Pasadena Plaza and reposition it into a creative office space targeting tech companies.