SALT LAKE CITY-San Francisco-based Maier Siebel Baber buys the 24-story 216,976-square-foot high rise now known as South Temple Tower and plans to retrofit the building.

SAN FRANCISCO-The locally based firm's operating partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to repay borrowings under its global line.

SEATTLE-Experts predict a 6.7% annual gain in home values for 2013 and most see no threat until loan rates hit 6%.

SEATTLE-The San Francisco-based firm chooses South Lake Union because 'it's a vibrant neighborhood, ideally located near major employers and surrounded by Seattle's trendiest shops and restaurants.'

TACOMA, WA-JRK Investors buys the Westridges, a 714-unit building 62-building community for close to $65 million.

SAN FRANCISCO-The grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco were awarded to 94 projects that will produce or preserve 5,733 units of housing affordable to lower-income individuals for families in nine states.

LOS ANGELES-In an <b>UPDATE</b> to a recent story, the rate of appreciation should cool to single digits in 2015.

LONG BEACH, CA-The net proceeds of selling the Landmark Square office building here were approximately $61 million.