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Mat Gates has been appointed president of Erickson-Hall Construction Co. based in Escondido. With a 30-year career in construction, Gates joined Erickson-Hall in 2004 as a project manager. Gates is a 1992 after graduate of San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. As company president, Gates is leading Erickson-Hall implements an […]

Endeavor Bancorp, the holding company for Endeavor Bank, announced this week that Julie Given-Glance is joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective March 13.“We are thrilled to have Julie join our management team as our new Chief Financial Officer,” said Dan Yates, Endeavor’s CEO. “As a 25-year veteran of banking in Southern […]

A Carlsbad building that is leased to an apparel and footwear company as its global headquarters has been sold for $18.6 million. The 37,200-square-foot building at 2290 Cosmos Court was sold by Luminous Capital Management in partnership with Virtus Real Estate Capital to Hazard Jr Enterprises, LP. REEF, which has been based in Carlsbad since […]

San Diego County Credit Union, one of Southern California’s largest locally owned financial institutions, is promoting the importance of saving during America Saves Week, which is taking place February 27 to March 4. On Wednesday, (March 1) SDCCU will present three educational webinars focused on saving at various stages of life as part of Financial […]

Tri-City Healthcare District (TCHD) has named Dr. Gene Ma as interim president and CEO of the organization. The appointment, announced Monday (Feb. 27), is effective March 22.“I am pleased to announce that the board of directors unanimously selected Dr. Ma for this very important role,” said Rocky Chavez, chairperson of TCHD’s seven-member publicly-elected board of […]

Guild Mortgage, based in Kearny Mesa, has acquired Legacy Mortgage, an independent lender based in New Mexico. Legacy Mortgage has 13 branches in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and will become part of Guild’s Southwest region. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “This acquisition is part of the company’s continued plan to grow both […]

CBRE arranged the sale of 10200 Willow Creek, a 23,524 -sq.-ft. office building in San Diego’s submarket of Scripps Ranch to a private buyer, completing a 1031 exchange.Matt Pourcho, Jeb Bakke, Anthony DeLorenzo, Matt Harris and Nick Williams of CBRE’s Private Capital Partners represented the seller, Willow Creek, LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was […]

Since its inception 100 years ago, the Executives Association of San Diego has thrived during some of the greatest economic challenges in history: World Wars, the Great Depression, the 1990s recession, the COVID-19 pandemic and more. As the organization celebrated its 100th anniversary on January 6, 2023, the members-only group of local executives has the […]

As part of the 14th annual Farmers Insurance Open taking place this week at Torrey Pines, Farmers announced Thursday that it will donate the first $100,000 installment of a five-year, $500,000 pledge to benefit and support the Armed Services YMCA of San Diego. The formal announcement will be made at 9:30 this morning during a […]

Palomar Health’s The Villas at Poway has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Nursing Home” — a designation only achieved by 16 percent of nursing homes nationwide.U.S. News rated more than 15,000 nursing homes on care, safety, infection rates, staffing and health inspections for this achievement. For the first time, […]

CBRE has added four top North County San Diego brokers to it’s San Diego office practice. Matty Sundberg and Michael Mahoney join the firm as senior vice presidents, and Justin Halenza and Bob Cowan join as first vice presidents. All four were previously with Cushman & Wakefield. The four specialize in leasing and selling office […]

The San Diego Police Foundation will gather regional business and community leaders to honor the achievements of San Diego Police Department (SDPD) female leaders at the 12th annual Women in Blue luncheon. This year’s event, held to elevate awareness of the importance of increased gender diversity in policing, is titled “LeadHER. MentHER. SupportHER.” It will […]

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Corporate Directors Forum (CDF) has announced that its CEO, Christina de Vaca, will be retiring early in 2023, and that its board of directors has appointed Jessica N. Grounds to become Chief Executive Officer effective January 3, 2023. Jessica Grounds Grounds is an internationally recognized leadership expert whose career has focused on developing the next […]

MBA student Jorge Muñiz won a grand prize scholarship of $15,000 at the University of San Diego’s Fowler Business Concept Challenge (FBCC) earlier this month (Dec. 2).The FBCC is an annual event hosted by USD’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Catalyzer, which ignites new ideas from entrepreneurial s…

Stos Partners, in a joint venture with a global insurance company, has acquired an 86,690-square-foot freestanding industrial building in Escondido for $20 million. The property is located at 2425 Auto Park Way. The transaction brings the firm’s total 2022 deal volume to nearly $300 million.“With the industrial sector remaining our primary focus, our team has […]

DivcoWest has received a $40 million acquisition loan arranged by JLL Capital Markets for Northridge Summit, a 129,916-square-foot office building in Scripps Ranch. JLL worked on behalf of DivcoWest to secure a three-year, floating-rate loan. Completed in 2000, Northridge Summit is fully leased to a technology tenant. The three-story building has 43,300-square-foot floorplates and subterranean […]

CBRE has brokered the $7.5 million sale of 5657 Copley Drive, an 18,434-square-foot office building in Kearny Mesa. The 1031 private buyer was Aroga Real Estate LLC. Matt Pourcho, Matt Harris, Anthony DeLorenzo and Bryan Johnson of CBRE’s Private Capital Partners represented the private seller in th…

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