August 5, 1999 Job growth slows but remains strongDallas Morning News, August 5DALLAS – A slowdown in second-quarter job growth hasn't knocked Dallas-Fort Worth off the list of the nation's top employment centers. For the 12 months ended...

August 5, 1999Allfirst reports `solid' 2nd QtrThe Baltimore Sun, August 5BALTIMORE – Allfirst Financial Inc., formerly First Maryland Bancorp, reported its second-quarter net income declined to $37.6 million in 1999 compared to $47.5 million for the same period...

August 5, 1999 BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) said it leased all 120,000 square feet of an office building it is constructing in Annapolis Junction, Md., to Ameritrade Holding Corp.Corporate Development Services, a subsidiary...

August 5, 1999 BOSTON – Berkshire Realty Co. Inc. (NYSE: BRI) reported funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 of $16.6 million or 32 cents/share on a diluted basis compared to $14.6 million or 28...

August 5, 1999 LOS ANGELES – Oakwood Corporate Housing, which leases fully furnished apartments to extended-stay travelers, has purchased Great West Corporate Housing, a unit of Simpson Housing LP of Denver.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But...

August 5, 1999Feds indict labor leaderChicago Sun-Times, August 5 CHICAGO –John Serpico, 68, of Lincolnwood faces charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering for allegedly receiving $5 million in bad loans and sharing in almost $334,000 in kickbacks...

August 5, 1999NEWTON, Mass. – HRPT Properties Trust (NYSE: HRP) reported funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 of $62.4 million or 44 cents/share, compared to $54.8 million or 44 cents/share for the same period...

August 5, 1999NASHVILLE – Prison Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: PZN) received a $350 million term loan, bolstering its borrowing capacity.The owner and operator of correctional facilities said the new term loan bears a variable rate of interest pegged...

August 5, 1999 By Paul Gereffi, VertiNews.com CorrespondentCarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE:CRE) recently leased 22,000 square feet at its Peninsula Executive Center in Boca Raton, Fla., to Ericsson Inc., pushing the occupancy level of the building to 71 percent.Although...

August 5, 1999 CRANFORD, N.J. – Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI) said funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 rose to $60.7 million or 82 cents/share on a diluted basis from $54.2 million or 76...

August 5, 1999PASADENA, Calif. – Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE) reported funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 of $9.6 million or 70 cents/share on a diluted basis versus $7.2 million or 60...

August 5, 1999 HARTFORD (AP) – A Manchester lawyer has admitted that he didn't tell authorities about bankruptcy fraud committed by two figures in the Colonial Realty scandal. Mark Pagani's plea came yesterday in Hartford federal court. The...

August 5, 1999 PASADENA, Calif. – Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE:ARE) said it signed 13 leases during the second quarter ended June 30, for 177,000 square feet of space at ten properties.Of that total, eight leases for...

August 5, 1999NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. –MobileVest Inc. (OTC:MOBV) said it agreed to pay $5 million for a mobile-home park in Leesburg, Fla., that has 265 sites for both single- and double-wide homes.The purchase will add $680,000 in...

August 5, 1999MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Mid-America Apartments (NYSE: MAA) sold four apartment communities with 1,134 units to a venture it has with Blackstone Real Estate Advisors for $33.3 million.The REIT actually recovered $30.5 million from the sale. The...

August 5, 1999 Forest plan would hurt ski area expansion plansColorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, August 5VAIL, Colo. – The U.S. Forest Service?s proposed master plan on the White River National Forest would freeze the area zoned for current and...

August 5, 1999 NEW YORK – New Plan Excel Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:NXL) declared a common stock dividend of 40.75 cents/share, up from 40.5 cents/share, payable Oct. 15 to shareholders of record Oct. 1.In addition, the REIT declared...

August 5, 1999SILVER SPRING, Md. – Humphrey Hospitality Trust Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMP) said funds from operations for the second-quarter ended June 30 rose to $1.7 million or 32 cents/share, on a diluted basis, from $1.5 million or 31 cents/share...

August 5, 1999 ROSEBURG, Oregon - After sitting dormant for nearly two years, Roseburg's Starlite Drive-In movie has a new owner. The Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Indian tribe has purchased the drive-in, and agreed to not...

August 5, 1999By Chris Kahn PHOENIX (AP) - Federal prosecutors had until the end of today to ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse its decision to throw out former Gov. Fife Symington's criminal convictions....

August 5, 1999 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Colonial Properties Trust (NYSE: CLP) said it priced $82.5 million of unsecured debt that was placed by Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers.The medium-term notes were issued in two tranches: A $57.5 million...

August 4, 1999 DALLAS – Wyndham International Inc. (NYSE:WYN) has added the post of chairman to James D. Carreker, its current chief executive.Carreker, 52, was named chief executive last February when Wyndham said it would merge with Patriot...

August 4, 1999 NEW YORK – SL Green Realty Corp. said funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 rose to $15.8 million or 59 cents/share from $9.6 million or 46 cents/share for the same period...

August 4, 1999 Region's bid for $2-Bln chip plant still strongOttawa Citizen, August 4OTTAWA – Ottawa and Montreal are emerging as leaders in the quest to attract a $2-billion chip-fabricating plant to be built by a giant Taiwanese...

August 4, 1999 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – First Golf Corp., a unit of CEC Properties Inc. (OTC: CECI) said it was awarded an $11 million contract to develop and construct two 18-hole courses in the Pueblo of Pojoaque,...