COLUMN: FOR THE RECORD

-- CENTRA Properties appointed Michael Elbrader as project superintendent. Elbrader maintains construction schedules and supervises all subcontractors for quality control and safety. Most recently he was director of construction for Rhodes Homes and has been a superintendent for both Triple Five Las Vegas and D.R. Horton. The company also appointed Eric Smith to be project manager for CENTRA Construction. Smith will be responsible for managing all facets of the construction process at CENTRA Point, as well as the selection of subcontractors, managing project budgets and overseeing the construction schedule for all projects. Previously, Smith served as a project manager at Panattoni Construction and project engineer for both TWC Construction and Tribble & Stephens Construction.

-- Durette Studio opened in the heart of the downtown arts district at 1007 S. Main St. The company offers decorative door and cabinet hardware, lighting and interior accessories in a Mediterranean setting. The studio also features the owner's line of "Santa Fe"-inspired interior accessories, handbags and apparel. Owner Durette Candito has been an interior designer for 20 years. Her new downtown studio measures 2,000 square feet.

-- Montecito Cos. began construction on a six-story, 100,000-square-foot, Class A office project called Montecito Centre. Located on the south side of Elkhorn Road and Durango Drive, the 3.6-acre project will be adjacent to United Health Services' planned Centennial Hills Hospital-Medical Center. It will include a four-story parking structure. The groundbreaking will be the first week of January 2005 and is scheduled for completion and occupancy in third quarter 2005.

-- The GVA Industrial Property Group changed its name to IPG Commercial Real Estate Services.

-- Harsch Investment Properties' Ryan Pate represented represented The Center at Spring Mountain in its 64-month lease of 1,500 square feet at 3990 Schiff Drive to Shirley Wong for $111,000.

-- Kyle Eigenman and Brian Bennett of Voit Commercial Brokerage represented both parties in Jackson Shaw Co.'s 48-month lease of 4,176 square feet at 3395 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 106, to Mid Columbia Engineering for $191,436. In another transaction, Eigenman and Bennett represented both parties in the Jackson Shaw Co.'s 50-month lease of 3,456 square feet at 3395 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 104, to Electrical Design and Construction for $164,832. Eigenman and Bennett represented MALK Limited in its sale of 6,000 square feet at 241 Sunpac Ave. to Richard Rohr for $600,000. Eigenman represented Capricorn 1 Entertainment in its 37-month lease of 1,221 square feet at 570 W. Cheyenne Ave. from Harsch Investment Properties for $54,717. Kevin Higgins represented Pacific Industrial Park in its 39-month lease of 10,511 square feet at 1075 American Pacific Drive, Building 10, to Trade Show Services for $213,364. Higgins represented A&P 8 in its sale of 51,424 square feet at 3402 and 3412 Neeham Road to Tower Realty and Development for $334,256. Higgins represented Terra Grandis in several leases at 4301 S. Valley View Blvd.: 36 months of 4,300 square feet in Suite 4 to Journey Appliances and Home Center for $86,688; 36 months of 5,912 square feet in Suite 23 to North Shore Limo for $99,686; 24 months of 4,492 square feet in Suite 2 to High Desert Deliveries for $57,138; 36 months of 9,025 square feet in Suite 5 to Precision Display for $172,197; and 36 months of 3,562 square feet in Suite 24 to the Certified Folder Display Service for $76,414. Higgins and Eigenman represented the 70 Limited Partnership in its sale of 427,759 square feet at the southwest corner of Alexander and Pecos roads to Investment Equity Development for $1.67 million.

-- CB Richard Ellis' Randy Broadhead and Darren Lemmon represented Howard Hughes Properties in the three-year lease of 6,259 square feet at 1120 Town Center Drive to Stewart Title of Nevada for $495,000. In another transaction, Broadhead and Lemmon also represented Howard Hughes Properties in a 2 1/2-year lease of 3,016 square feet at 1140 Town Center Drive to Partners Financial Group for $215,000. Jan Hoback represented Sonoran MRI in a five-year lease of 5,189 square feet at 7455 W. Washington Ave. from the Longford Medical Center, represented by Lemmon, for $650,000. Jeff Swinger and Spencer Ballif represented Fiesta Associates in the sale of 256 units at The Fiesta Apartments to Mega Ventures III for $22.1 million.

-- IPG Commercial's Art Farmanali and Richard Luciani represented Leonard Fong in the sale of a 20,000-square-foot industrial building at 2900 S. Highland Drive to A&B Printing Co. for $1.28 million. In another transaction, Jeff Barton and Luciani represented Jennifer Park in the five-year lease of 5,600 square feet at 530 E. Pamalyn St. to J&J Marketing for $161,356. Luciani and Bill Walsh represented Treadwell Properties in the 37-month lease of a 20,000-square-feet at 3921 W. Oquendo Road to Valley Placers for $281,400.

-- LaPour Management's Jeffrey LaPour represented The Holsum Lofts in its 60-month lease of 1,647 square feet at 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 101, to Union Grille for $236,344. In another transaction, LaPour represented The Holsum Lofts in its 36-month lease of 1,884 square feet at 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Suites 180 and 185, to Cheflive for $79,354.

-- Colliers International's Scott Gragson, John Kilpatrick and Robert Torres represented Gragson Moberly LLC & Kenneth and Yvonne Gragson Trust in its sale of 2.5 acres at the southeast corner of Moberly Avenue and Hauck Street to Christopher Paskvan for $900,000. In another transaction, Gragson, Kilpatrick and Torres represented William and Gail Balelo, et al, in the sale of 1.86 acres at the northwest corner of Decatur Boulevard and Wagon Trail Avenue to The Meldrum Family Trust for $1.4 million. Brian Pankratz represented D A/V Productions in its purchase of 7,055 square feet at 4260 Wagon Trail Ave. from Terior for $692,468. Pankratz also represented 2CS in its purchase of 8,448 square feet at 4367 W. Sunset Road from Charles and Capitola Swanson, represented by Jack Woodcock of Prudential Americana, for $800,000. Scot Marker and David Grant represented Lake Mead Shatz in its sale of 40,000 square feet at southeast corner of Lake Mead Boulevard and Shatz Street to Discount Tire Co. for $640,000. Tom Stilley, Lizz Schafer and Taber Thill represented Crescent Real Estate Equities in its 87-month lease of 11,800 square feet at 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300, to Littler Mendelson, P.C., represented by David Scherer of Grubb and Ellis, for $2.71 million.

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