August 6, 1999 JEANNINE AVERSA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's unemployment rate remained frozen in July at 4.3 percent, near a three-decade low, as manufacturing gained jobs for only the second time since early last...

August 6, 1999 MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – Center Trust Inc.(NYSE: CTA), reported funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 of $14.1 million or 37 cents/share compared to $11.7 million or 34 cents/share for the same...

August 6, 1999 SEATTLE – Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. (NYSE:SHU) reported funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 of $19.7 million or 68 cents/share, compared to $17.7 million or 62 cents/share for the same period...

August 6, 1999 PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – American Real Estate Investment Corporation (Amex: REA) reported funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 of $7.3 million or 45 cents/share, compared to $3.4 million or 32 cents/share...

August 6, 1999High-Tech set for Times SquareNew York Daily News, August 6NEW YORK – An Australian entertainment company that specializes in high-tech games is planning a bar, arcade and virtual reality ride for the heart of Times Square.Click...

August 6, 1999Board rejects charter school Chicago Sun Times, August 6 CHICAGO – The Thomas Jefferson Charter School late Thursday night was rejected by the DuPage County Zoning Board of Appeals in its bid to open the school...

August 6, 1999 Grace Hospital slated for demolitionThe Ottawa Citizen, August 6OTTAWA – Ottawa will lose one of its grand old landmarks when the Salvation Army Grace Hospital is demolished next spring. The Wellington Street institution will be...

August 6, 1999Durham, Raleigh may get IMAX theaters The Winston Salem-Journal, August 6RALEIGH, N.C. – The Triangle could soon be home to two IMAX theaters. An IMAX Corp. official said Monday that the company has signed a deal...

August 6, 1999 OAK BROOK, Ill. – Great Lakes REIT (NYSE: GL) said it has entered into an agreement with a major financial institution that caps the interest rate on $50 million of its bank line of credit...

August 6, 1999Cenit goes dot.comThe Virginian-Pilot, August 6NORFOLK, Va. – CENIT Bancorp Inc. has seen the future of finance and believes a big piece of it is online. The parent of thrift CENIT Bank plans to move in...

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 CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Kranzco Realty Trust (NYSE: KRT), a retail real estate investment trust in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, said it sold a Connecticut shopping center and four other properties for a total of...

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, 1999 NEW YORK – Jeffrey M. Brown Associates Inc. has been awarded a $50 million contract to construct Mack-Cali Realty Corp.'s new Harborside Financial Center in Jersey City, N.J.The construction includes a three-story, 150,000-square-foot office building...

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, 1999By Morris Newman, VertiNews.com CorrespondentWESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – A pair of West Coast developers have started construction on the $50-million, 327,474-square-foot Westlake North Business Park in this city on the Los Angeles-Ventura County border. The 18-acre...

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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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...