LOS ANGELES-Two of the mortgage banker's biggest deals are in the South Bay, but the firm says business is brisk across the Southland.

ST. PAUL, MN-Short Elliott Hendrickson hires Shane Gardner to head design technology at its St. Paul office and Michael Steuernagel as its GIS specialist at its Minneapolis office.

DENVER-Corum Real Estate Group has the land in the fledgling Ballpark neighborhood under contract and receives rezoning to allow for 200 to 250 luxury multifamily rental units, with 10% set aside for lower-income renters.

SEATTLE-In an effort to jumpstart economic development in the South Park area, King County is negotiating to sell its one of the largest vacant parcels of industrial land left in South Seattle. The former landfill in the Duwamish industrial corridor has been mostly vacant since 1978.