Government officials say 2,000 acres of newly acquired land for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will help protect vital habitat near the California-Mexico border for rare plants and animals, including the Quino checkerspot butterfly, the California gnatcatcher and arroyo toad.

The 436-room Westin San Diego at Emerald Plaza is about to be purchased for what one hotel analyst believes could be as high as $135 million to $140 million.

The 103,547-square-foot Melrose Point Corporate Center, at 3115 Melrose Drive in Carlsbad 92010, has been sold for $8,725,000, cash.

In California, real property on which taxes remain unpaid at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 becomes tax-defaulted land.

Cushman & Wakefield's Multifamily Advisory Group -- led by Ed Rosen, John Chu and Alejandro Lombrozo -- facilitated the Deal of the Week for the seller and buyer.

(AP) -- A San Francisco landlord has been fined a city record $800,000 for allowing tenants to live in squalor at his rental properties.

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP has acquired new office space in Del Mar Heights at the One Del Mar building located at 12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300. The new space, consisting of 29,000 square feet, was previously occupied by Baker & McKenzie, which recently closed its San Diego office.

The free-standing, approximately 2,000-square-foot restaurant building at 3521 Cannon Drive, in Oceanside 92056, has been sold for $1,215,000, cash.

Tim Clepper, owner and president of San Diego Commercial Realty Services Inc., represented Epic Property Investments Company LLC, of Carlsbad, the buyer of Carlsbad Airport Centre, the 23,325-square-foot research and development building at 1911 Palomar Oaks Way in Carlsbad. The price was $2,654,000.

The planned acquisition this year of more than 752 acres from the Salvation Army is the latest in a nearly 20-year effort by the county and nine affected cities, including San Diego, to acquire sensitive habitat land for the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP).

Trustee deeds in San Diego County are down almost 60 percent from June 2011, and one local expert said that’s “really pretty amazing.”

The 26,676-square-foot, single-tenant office building in Mission Valley at 1843 Hotel Circle South, San Diego 92108, has been sold for approximately $6 million.

SAN DIEGO –- Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP (“HFF”) announced that it has secured a $23 million refinancing for Crimson Park, a 268-unit, 792--bed student housing community serving The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.

The 8,472-square-foot flex industrial building in the western Miramar submarket at 6210 Marindustry Drive, San Diego 92121, has been sold for $1,285,000, cash.

Leasing rates for San Diego office, retail and multifamily markets are projected to outpace the rest of the country in the next three years, while industrial leasing is expected to lag.

The local business community put aside its superstitions about Friday the 13th to bring a full event list this week, including: tips for hoteliers, attorneys and in the boardroom; the effects of Obamacare on small businesses; a golf tournament and information on the real estate economy.

The 412-unit Legacy Apartment Homes complex in Mira Mesa at 9320-9370 Hillery Drive, San Diego 92126, has been sold for $91 million.

The Deal of the Week lessee was represented by Michael Spilky, of Location Matters Restaurant & Retail Brokerage.

(AP) -- An aide to Nevada state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said a July 31 deadline is being extended to Sept. 30 for people whose homes were in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010 to apply for a federal independent foreclosure review.

The Deal of the Week lessee was represented by Joseph McDermott, director, of Cushman & Wakefield.