News Releases

 Resort-Style 369-Unit Community, Atlanta’s First to be Powered with Natural Gas, Will Bring Much-Needed Housing to Underserved Area  ATLANTA – October 20, 2014 – Wood Partners has begun construction on 33 Peachtree Place, a $100 million, 369-unit residential and retail development on the site of a former parking lot on West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. The project will […]

.38-Acre Community Will Offer Eight Detached Townhomes Near Beach PISMO BEACH, Calif, – October 14, 2014 – Presidio Residential Capital has partnered with Coastal Community Builders to build Seaside Villas, a $5.43 million .38-acre community with eight detached three-story townhomes at the southwest corner of Dolliver and Stimson Avenue in Pismo Beach. Groundbreaking is scheduled

LOS ANGELES – September 15, 2014 – A cohesive approach to design, marketing and operations has led to a rapid leasing performance at 8th+Hope, a 22-story, 290-unit luxury glass high-rise in the South Park district at 801 Hope Street, developed byWood Partners. The .7-acre complex, managed by Wood Residential Services, is one of the first post-recession high-rise apartment

Homebuyers Respond to Much-Needed Single-Family Homes at Fair Prices  WEST COVINA, Calif. – September 8, 2014 – Just five months after its grand opening, Brandywine Homes announced that it has sold all 19 single-family homes at Waverly, a 2.3-acre gated community in West Covina, 18 miles east of Los Angeles. “Within the San Gabriel Valley, there

Urban Infill Project Will Appeal to Young Professionals in Rapidly Expanding, Underserved “Silicon Desert” Market CHANDLER, Ariz. – September 4, 2014 – Wood Partners will break ground in October on Alta Steelyard Lofts, a 301-unit luxury apartment community in downtown Chandler that will add distinctive rental units to the employment-dense, rapidly developing “Silicon Desert” core. With a particularly

 World’s Top Cycling Teams to Compete in Seven-Day Race Through Colorado Rockies LADERA RANCH, Calif. – August 13, 2014 – Team SmartStop® Pro Cycling will compete with the world’s top professional cyclists in the 2014 USA Pro Challenge in Colorado August 18 through August 24. Team SmartStop® includes 2013 Tour of Utah KOM Competition winner Michael Torckler, National Race Calendar points leader

HAWTHORNE, Calif. – August 12, 2014 — Strategic Storage Trust, Inc. (SSTI), a publicly registered non-traded self-storage REIT, in a joint venture with Westport Properties, Inc. and USA Hawthorne, LLC, a fund sponsored by an affiliate of the advisor of SSTI, recently announced the disposition of a 510,000-square-foot building for approximately $46.7 million to a publicly

From Its Humble Beginning as Three Attorneys Working in a High-Rise Building Garage, Newmeyer & Dillion Has Grown into One of Southern California’s Largest, Most Successful Law Firms NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (August 11, 2014) Tom Newmeyer and Greg Dillion founded Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in 1984 with the belief that lawyers were not simply professionals, but service professionals.

SSGT REIT Focuses on Development, Redevelopment and Lease-Up of Self Storage Properties LAS VEGAS/FT. PIERCE, Fla. – August 7, 2014 – Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc. (SSGT)–a private REIT targeting the development, redevelopment and lease-up of self-storage properties–recently closed on its first transaction with the purchase of two facilities totaling approximately 2,000 units and 260,000 net

Vistara, a 298-Unit Apartment Community, Should be Ready for Leasing in Mid 2015 ONTARIO, Calif. – July 31, 2014 – The Picerne Group, a privately held real estate investment firm based in Southern California, recently broke ground on Vistara, a Class A, 298-unit apartment community at Haven Avenue and 4th Street. This project is expected to be completed