Regional Digests

February 3, 2000 Lakeland Plaza project stalledSt. Paul Pioneer-Planet, February 3ST. PAUL, Minn. – The architect representing developers of the revamped Lakeland Plaza has requested a four month continuance from the city. Litigation between the current plaza owners and a...

February 2, 2000 Wal-Mart surveys location for Supercenter in west ArlingtonFt. Worth Star Telegram, February 2ARLINGTON, Texas – Wal-Mart Stores, which is in the midst of an aggressive Metroplex expansion, is surveying a heavily wooded, 29-acre tract at Little Road...

February 2, 2000 Study: CBOT's site worth $125 Mln Chicago Sun-Times, February 2CHICAGO – The Chicago Board of Trade's building at 141 W. Jackson and its annex, which together contain 1.2 million rentable square feet, is worth about $125 million,...

February 2, 2000 Sale of mall under wayBaltimore Sun, February 2BALTIMORE – Equitable Life Assurance Society is negotiating to sell the beleaguered Hunt Valley Mall to Starwood Ceruzzi LLC, a Connecticut-based developer of retail power centers. Sale negotiations are expected...

February 2, 2000Sprint pays top dollar to be where it wantsNew York Times, February 2NEW YORK – When a limited partnership lead by Peter and Anthony Malkin paid $17.12 million, or $303 per square foot, for the 56,500-sf Gotham retail...

February 1, 2000Coliseum coming downNew York Daily News, February 1NEW YORK – Related Cos. has begun preparations to tear down the New York Coliseum to make way for Columbus Centre complex, which will include a massive headquarters for AOL Time...

February 1, 2000 RCN eyes four sites for complexThe Times (Trenton, N.J.), February 1WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – RCN, a home-grown telecommunications company, is looking for a site to build a 1-million-square-foot corporate headquarters in either Mercer County or Bucks County,...

February 1, 2000 Brighton Development awarded loft bidMinneapolis Star-Tribune, February 1MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis Community Development Agency has awarded locally-based Brighton Development the right to build 312 lofts in four buildings adjacent to the new home of the Guthrie Theater. Brighton...

February 1, 2000 Dillards to close credit operation, department storeNew Orleans Times Picayune, February 1NEW ORLEANS – Blaming a new law pushed by the banking industry, Dillards Inc. said it will close its credit card bank in Baton Rouge. The...

February 1, 2000 Kennedy-Wilson to sell 4 buildingsLos Angeles Times, February 1LOS ANGELES – Beverly Hills-based Kennedy-Wilson Inc. said yesterday that it will sell three office properties it owns in Los Angeles worth about $75 million, and one in New...