SAN DIEGO-Private international real estate investment firmWestcore Properties has relocated and expanded itscorporate headquarters here in response to vigorous growth that hasseen the firm’s office and industrial portfoliotop 11.6 million square feet. The company is moving to astate-of-the-art, 14,000-square-foot space at 4435 Eastgate Mall,which represents a substantial increase in size from the9,000-square-foot space it has occupied in a neighboringbuilding.

The new space will initially house 41 employees, with theability to grow. In the lease, which involves a five-year term,Dave Marino of Hughes Marinorepresented Westcore, and landlord SunroadEnterprises represented itself.

“We are actively growing our real estate activities, withemphasis on the acquisition of core-plus and value-add office andindustrial assets in the Western US, particularly California,” saysMarc Brutten, chairman of Westcore. “This movewill immediately accommodate a 15% increase in our professionalstaff and allow for our projected growth over the next severalyears.”