LA MESA, CA-Robin Briones, trustee of the Robin Lynn Briones Living Trust, has picked up the Casa Comanche multifamily building for $170,000 per unit, which is one of the highest prices per unit ever paid here.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA-Mall owner DD Dunlap Cos. completes a two-year renovation and redesign of the Huntington Harbour Mall that includes structural repairs and a new wetlands theme incorporating extensive public art.

WEST COVINA, CA-An investment partnership based in Van Nuys buys the 87,636-sf West Covina Parkway Plaza from a Los Angeles-based investor group for $14.2 million.

WASHINGTON, DC-Things are looking even brighter for the District's office market next year, as real estate brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap reveals the city has taken the number one spot in its National Office Index for 2004.