LONG BEACH, CA-Sares Regis Group’s Larry Lukanish tells GlobeSt.com that the total value for the master-planned development is $95 million.

SPRINGFIELD, IL-According to the Illinois Association of Realtors, home sales in January were the strongest for the month since 2007.

KIRKLAND, WA-An Archstone sponsored partnership buys the 131-unit Carillon Heights here for $47.5 million, while another partnership buys a 192-unit community in Silicon Valley, CA for $63.2 million.

CENTURY CITY, CA-GlobeSt.com chats more with locally based Tony Natsis, a partner at Allen Matkins, about investment opportunities in 2012, where the deals are, who are the players, and liquidity in the marketplace.

LOS ANGELES-L’Abri Management Inc., the borrower, had some close timelines to pay attention to. One of the six properties faces a maturity deadline sooner than the others.

IRVINE, CA-Even though there was an increase this month, according to RealtyTrac, that number is still down 19% from January 2011.

SEATTLE-An outside source tells GlobeSt.com that strong rent growth, in urban neighborhoods like this one, enables developers like Vulcan Real Estate to bring new, ground-up product to the market.

LAKEWOOD, WA-The two properties, built next door to each other, will provide more than 200 new rooms in an area that has traditionally been underserved by the hospitality industry in this week’s wrap up of deals.