NEWPORT BEACH, CA-McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. will oversee the improvement projects at 28 district buildings beginning next month. It is involved in similar projects in nine other Orange County districts.<p>

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA-The 358-unit, 44-building Jamboree Apartments was only 50% occupied when owners locked the interest rate. Four months later, occupancy hits 90%. Park Heights Apartments in San Bernardino sells at a 6.9% capitalization rate.

ROSEMONT, IL-Colliers Bennett &amp; Kahnweiler Inc. takes 28,000 sf at Prentiss Properties Trust's building at 6250 N. River Rd., while the financial services internet technology firm SunGard takes another 25,967 sf.

CHICAGO-The local company bests more than 20 competitors for a five-year assignment to manage the 1,700-bed University Center of Chicago serving Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University and Roosevelt University.

CHICAGO-HCP Medical Office Portfolio acquires 100 properties totaling 5.5 million sf, most of them on HCA Inc. affiliate hospital campuses. The portfolio has a heavy concentration in the Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas and Nashville markets.

SANTA ANA, CA-The 67-month deal is worth more than $2.8 million, or $4.60 per sf, for space in The Rockefeller Group's 300,000-sf building located at 2001 E. Dyer Rd. in Santa Ana.

CORONA, CA-The 19,520-sf build-to-suit in the Wildrose Industrial Park is located on 1.3 acres and offers the company visibility from I-5. Master Fab is relocating from a 10,587-sf building in Ontario.

SANTA ANA, CA-The 67-month deal is worth more than $2.8 million, or $4.60 per sf, for space in The Rockefeller Group's 300,000-sf building located at 2001 E. Dyer Rd. in Santa Ana.