RIVERSIDE, CA-Aslan Realty Group of Irvine and the Buchanan Funds of Newport Beach acquire the 296-unit Birchwood Apartments, with Buchanan arranging acquisition financing plus joint venture funding.

WESTMINSTER, CO-Invstors have paid big bucks for a retail property northwest of Denver. It is reportedly the highest price ever paid per sf for retail in Adams County.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA-The apartment market in the two-county region, which includes Riverside and San Bernardino counties, takes the top spot out of 40 markets in the annual Marcus & Millichap National Apartment Index.

LONDON-Prospects for the London office market continue to look gloomy. Take-up in 2002 fell to the lowest annual recorded level for more than 17 years, according to new research from Chesterton.