SAN DIEGO-A jury here awards $1.5 million to the heirs of city forefather Alonzo Erastus Horton, ruling that government officials should have offered more than $100 million when they took the property away by exercising its powers of eminent domain.

DALLAS-About $500,000 in upgrades are under way at the 243-unit Dallas Royal Oaks, which has just changed hands. The 25-building property in southeast Dallas also gets a new management company in the deal.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Local Grubb & Ellis office brokers two deals with out-of-state firms totaling $12 million. The deals involve sale of the Art Institute Building in Los Angeles and lease of an industrial space in Fullerton by a linen manufacturer.

STAMFORD, CT-Three brokers working out of Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut offices here--Stephen Baker, Jay Hruska and Paul Kauffman--have been named among the firm's top 100 brokers for the year 2000.