The California Market Center continues to fiddle with its gift and home leasing.

Jamison Properties Inc., the fashion showroom building's owner, has brought on Jon Weiglin, former president and chief operating officer of the L.A. Mart, as its director of leasing in the segment. Weiglin replaces Robert Sotomayor, who served in the position for only a few months.

"We are committed to aggressively growing the gift and home sector of the building, and we believe that Jon's expertise will help us get one step closer to achieving our goals," John Kim, general manager of the CMC, told trade publication Home Accents Today.

With Weiglin at the helm of gift and home leasing, the hope is that CMC tenants will not free the building for rival L.A. Mart. Last year, the building lost key tenant Firestone Marketing Group to the Mart.

Weiglin said the CMC can attract retail buyers by producing special events. "Quality product drives retail traffic for whatever venue," he said. "In the short term, creating smaller events that bring in quality product will drive retail traffic."