Patt K. Nicol has been promoted to...

Patt K. Nicol has been promoted to vice president of the Hoffman Co., Irvine. Nicol also serves as executive assistant to principal Byron R. Hoffman with responsibility for all office operations. The firm specializes in transactions for residential subdivisions and master-planned communities in Southern California.

Albert J. Grazioli Jr. has been promoted to senior sales manager and named vice president of Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services, Los Angeles. Grazioli served as institutional accounts manager for All American Sports Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado before joining the firm.

Richard Crook, former vice president of land development and acquisition for Bramalea California Inc., has been named division president of the Southern California division of Homestead Land Development Corp., a subsidiary of Homestead Savings & Loan, headquartered in Burlingame, Calif.

Daniel E. Powell, a former real estate agent at Grubb & Ellis, announced the opening of his new firm, CitiPacific in Brentwood, specializing in commercial real estate brokerage services for property owners and tenants on the Westside of Los Angeles.

Victor E. Penan has been appointed vice president of Koss Financial Corp., Los Angeles.

Dave Gardner has been promoted to manager of business development for M. H. Golden Co., San Diego.

Larry D. Chase has been named vice president of administration for Building System Evaluation Inc., Sierra Madre.

Takata Associates, South Pasadena, has announced the appointments of Kenneth S. Nakaba as principal, and Anna M. Armstrong, as an associate.

Carole Mitchell has been elected vice president-project administration of WET Enterprises Inc., a Burbank-based design and engineering firm.

Kenneth W. D’Angelo has been named project manager for EastLake Greens, a project of EastLake Development Co., Chula Vista.

David L. Bentley, former manager of business development of Stolte Inc., has been appointed manager of business development for Swinerton & Walberg Co., Los Angeles.

Ralph Stewart has been named director of research, mining, exploration and quality control for United States Tile Co.

Robert D. Harrison, a partner of the Charles Dunn Co., was accepted as an active office member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

David S. Taylor has been named development officer for Lankford & Associates, a San Diego-based real estate development and management firm.

Kenneth Sean Pratt has been promoted to vice president of Title Records Inc., Sun Valley.

Kenneth A. Kneale Sr. has been named executive vice president of Leasehold Technology Group, Los Angeles.

Gordon Statler has been appointed director of field operations for Richardson Nagy Martin Architecture/Planning, Newport Beach.

Don Anderson has been promoted to vice president of marketing of Developers Marketing Associates, San Diego.

Albert Marshall has been appointed vice president of Newport Pacific Construction Corp., Newport Beach.

Chris Braden has been named director of marketing for Stewart/Romberger & Associates, Los Angeles. Janice Stevenor Dale, associate and project manager of the firm, has been elected president of the Southern California chapter of the Institute of Business Designers.

Claude Lee has been appointed president of Watt Asset Management, Santa Monica, an affiliate of Watt Industries Inc.

Carrol E. Beals has been named by Cushman & Wakefield’s property management division as retail manager of Seventh Street Marketplace.

Laurence C. Johnson Jr. of Panorama City has been elected vice president of Chicago Title & Trust Co., Chicago.

Gordon K. Ekstrand has been named vice president of finance and director of acquisitions for the Hanes Co. Inc., Woodland Hills.

Richard T. Norfolk has been appointed executive vice president of the Pacific Design Center.

San Diego-based AmeriStar Financial Corp. has announced the following appointments: Steve Tomlin, vice president, whole-loan trader for the company’s risk management group; Jim Neckopulos, vice president for the secondary marketing department; Elaine Tinnes, western regional manager, and James W. McDaniel, branch manager for the firm’s Gardena office.