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The Crossings at Big Bear Lake celebrated its grand opening yesterday. Designed by KTGY Group, Inc., and developed by Urban Housing Communities LLC (UHC), a leading developer of quality multifamily residential projects, The Crossings at Big Bear Lake is a $17 million, 42-unit high quality affordable housing community for families earning between 30% - 60% of the area median income.

Online piano lessons provider, www.PianoMother.com, will be launching piano webinars to serve the growing needs of adult piano players, effectively on September 29, 2011. The first two topics of the free piano webinars are - "How To Improve Your Piano Playing" and "Piano Chords & Chords Progressions"

William B. Asher and Edward B. Hanley of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors have exclusively listed for sale River's Crossing, a 31,900 sq. ft. multi-tenant retail center on Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The asking price for River's Crossing is $7,765,000.

Aaron Hodgdon, president of Hodgdon Group Realty, has been honored for the second consecutive year as CoStar Group's Power Broker in the retail leasing category. His firm, Hodgdon Group Realty, also made the prestigious Power Broker list for Top Leasing Firms in 2010.

Construction has started on Pottery Court Apartment Homes, a new high-quality, pedestrian-oriented apartment community in Lake Elsinore, Calif., developed by BRIDGE Housing and designed by KTGY Group. The new residential community offers 113 apartment homes ranging in size from one- to three-bedroom units for working families earning between 30 and 50 percent of the area median income.

Edward B. Hanley and William B. Asher of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the sale of a 7,866-square-foot multi-tenant retail building located within a Lowe's anchored shopping center, The Marketplace on Grove in Ontario, Calif. Built in 2007, the freestanding building located at 2220 S. Grove Avenue is situated on a 0.84-acre parcel of land.

Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has sold four retail properties totaling over $50 million and more than 130,000 sf in the last 30 days: Gateway Village in Chino Hills, CA (96,959 sf) for $34 million; Walgreens in Riverside, CA (14,991 sf) for $8.7 million; Walgreens in Oklahoma City, OK (14,490 sf) for $5.94 million; and La Verne Plaza in La Verne, CA (6,630 sf) for $1.7 million.

Aaron Hodgdon, president of Hodgdon Group Realty, represented Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in a 3-year lease renewal for more than 683,000 square feet at ProLogis Park Redlands in San Bernardino County, Calif. ProLogis Park Redlands is located within the Redlands Business Center in the city of Redlands, about 15 miles east of Ontario International Airport.

Whittlesey Doyle has completed the sale of 3 separate land transactions in the New Model Colony in Ontario, CA, totaling approximately 176 acres, encompassing 800 proposed lots and units, for a total consideration of approximately $30 million. Les Whittlesey, co-founder and principal of Whittlesey Doyle, had the exclusive listings on all 3 properties and represented both the sellers and buyers.

Hodgdon-Miank Construction has started construction on the remodel of the Barstow Mall, including tenant improvements for the County of San Bernardino's new social service office for the Transition Assistance Department and Children and Family Services.

Designed by KTGY and developed by UHC, construction has begun on The Crossings at Big Bear Lake, a $17 million, 42-unit affordable housing community, offering a healthy, supportive and eco-friendly lifestyle for working families.

Edward B. Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller in the sale of the fee-simple ownership in the land leased to a single-tenant NNN Del Taco at 6341 Haven Ave. in Rancho Cucamonga. The purchase price was $1,460,000. Del Taco occupies a single-tenant pad building situated within Haven Village, a dominant neighborhood shopping center in the area anchored by Vons and Trader Joe's.

Hanley Investment Group represented the seller in the sale of the fee-simple ownership in the land leased to a single-tenant NNN Red Robin Restaurant at the Jess Ranch Marketplace Phase III in Apple Valley, Calif. The purchase price was $2,275,000.

Family owned and operated Team Too Termite & Pest Control took on a battle of David vs. Goliath in the pest management industry. Threats of lawsuits, false accusations to regulatory officials, and unethical business practices forced Team Too Termite & Pest Control to stand firm on their morals against TPE Associates and Thermapure.