Richard S Ziman

Los Angeles real estate industry veteran Richard S. Ziman has committed to donate $5 million for the creation of a center for real estate research and education at the Anderson School at UCLA. UCLA officials said Ziman's gift--the largest amount ever committed for teaching and research at the Anderson School--doubles the amount raised so far to $10 million. Ziman, who is chairman and chief executive of Los Angeles-based Arden Realty Inc.

Los Angeles real estate industry veteran Richard S. Ziman has committed to donate $5 million for the creation of a center for real estate research and education at the Anderson School at UCLA. UCLA officials said Ziman's gift--the largest amount ever committed for teaching and research at the Anderson School--doubles the amount raised so far to $10 million. Ziman, who is chairman and chief executive of Los Angeles-based Arden Realty Inc.

Can Dick Ziman do it again? In the 1980s, Pacific Financial Group--a privately held firm headed by Beverly Hills real estate investor Richard S. Ziman--loaded up on suburban office buildings in Southern California and watched their values steadily rise. Then, sensing the market was overheating and poised for trouble, he sold nearly every property before the 1990s arrived. Ziman was prescient, of course.

Can Dick Ziman do it again? In the 1980s, Pacific Financial Group--a privately held firm headed by Beverly Hills real estate investor Richard S. Ziman--loaded up on suburban office buildings in Southern California and watched their values steadily rise. Then, sensing the market was overheating and poised for trouble, he sold nearly every property before the 1990s arrived. Ziman was prescient, of course.

The Anderson School at UCLA has launched a new center for real estate research and education. Richard S. Ziman, chairman and chief executive of the L.A.-based real estate investment and development company Arden Realty Inc., provided the lead gift of $5 million to kick off the center, named for him.

Ronald L. Scheinman, a senior partner in the Century City law firm of Scheinman & Bell, will be installed as president of The Guardians on Tuesday evening at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The group is the primary support group of the Jewish Homes for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles. Sheinman's firm specializes in real estate and corporate financial matters. Richard S. Ziman of Pacific Financial Group, Beverly Hills, will be installed as executive vice president and campaign chairman for 1988.

Strategies for financing and developing apartment buildings in Los Angeles despite the shortage of new building sites will be the topic of a conference presented by the Urban Land Institute and the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate on Feb. 20 at UCLA. Beginning with a reception at 6 p.m.

Real estate magnate Sam Zell will headline the Real Estate 2000 conference on Jan. 21 in Century City. Zell, chairman of Chicago-based Equity Group Investments, will deliver the keynote speech at the daylong event. More than 40 real estate developers, brokers and finance specialists will participate in panel discussions. Featured speakers include former Gov. Pete Wilson, now managing director of Pacific Capital Group, William E. Concannon, president of Trammell Crow Co.

Executives and government officials will participate in the Land Planning and Development Controls Conference to be held Friday at the Sheraton Grande from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The conference is being sponsored by the Building Industry Assn. of Southern California and the USC Law Center and USC Property Forum.

An economic and demographic overview of Southern California's multifamily housing market will be presented Sept. 18 by UCLA's Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate. The keynote speaker will be Richard Banks, president of apartment developer and operator Archstone-Smith's West division. Professor Stephen Cauley will give a forecast on the Southern California apartment market and Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown will give the luncheon address.

It may not be as dramatic as the Bruins' upset win over the Trojans football team last year, but UCLA has successfully enticed USC's top real estate scholar to quarterback its program. Stuart A. Gabriel, director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and the Lusk Chair in Real Estate, will join UCLA on June 1 and will hold three titles: professor of finance, Arden Realty Chair and director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate.

Beverly Hills-based Arden Realty Inc. is negotiating its largest purchase yet, the acquisition of 5 million square feet of office and industrial space, from LBA Properties Inc. of Newport Beach. The real estate investment trust is said to be close to signing an agreement to purchase the LBA portfolio of nearly 50 properties, smaller buildings that are similar to its own holdings and in some cases, across the street from Arden properties.