July 28, 1999Year-old gaping hole remains open for development near Temple U. The Philadelphia Daily News, July 28PHILADELPHIA – Two years after breaking ground and one year after stopping construction, a $1 million taxpayer-funded ditch near Temple University...

July 28, 1999 ATLANTA – Gables Residential Trust (NYSE: GBP) said funds from operations for the second quarter ended June 30 was $22.7 million or 69 cents/share on a diluted basis compared to $19.7 million or 66 cents/share...

July 28, 1999 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Colonial Properties Trust (NYSE: CLP) said its board approved a $50 million common stock repurchase program..The repurchase program comes on the heels of a similar program under which the REIT has so...

July 28, 1999TrizecHahn mulls Royal Bank propertiesThe National Post, July 28 TORONTO – TrizecHahn Corp., the Toronto-based real estate giant, is evaluating whether to buy some of the 33 properties that Royal Bank of Canada has put up...

July 28, 1999 NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Equity One, Inc. (NYSE: EQY) said funds from operations (FFO) rose to $3.3 million ($0.31 per share) from pro forma FFO of $3.0 million ($0.28 per share) for the second...

July 28, 1999BOCA RATON, Fla. – Bluegreen Corp. (NYSE: BXG) reported net income for the first quarter ended July 4 of $4.4 million or 17 cents/share on a diluted basis, compared to $4.1 million or 17 cents/share for...

July 27, 1999 WASHINGTON – LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) said funds from operations (FFO) rose to $12.5 million ($0.68 per diluted share/unit) for the second quarter ending June 30 versus pro forma FFO of $10.2 million ($0.56...

July 27, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO – TriNet Corporate Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:TRI) said A. William Stein, the REIT's president and chief operating officer, has resigned his posts effective Aug.1Stein said he was unwilling to relocate to New York,...

July 27, 1999 GRAMERCY, La. (AP) – About 80 permanent workers will be laid off as a result of a series of explosions July 5 at the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. plant here. Kaiser said on Monday...

July 27, 1999 ARLINGTON, Va. – Charles E. Smith Residential Realty Inc. (NYSE:SRW) said second-quarter funds from operations was $18 million or 81 cents/share, up from $14.2 million or 73 cents/share in the same quarter last year.Net income...

July 27, 1999 ARCHDALE, N.C. (AP) – Unifi Inc. will shut down its covered-yarn facility here, a move that will affect 236 production and management jobs, company officials said. Archdale officials said Monday the closing of the 122,573-square-foot...

July 27, 1999SAN FRANCISCO – Thomas Hester, a former senior manager with E&Y Kenneth Leventhal has joined The McMahan Group, a real estate strategic consulting firm.Hester will be responsible for helping the firm's clients implement strategies developed with...

July 27, 1999 MALVERN, Pa. – Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY) reported that funds from operations ("FFO") for the second quarter of 1999 increased to $51.6 million ($0.71 per share) from $42.6 million ($0.64 per share) for the...

July 27, 1999 ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Robert H. Nazarian, former treasurer of Northwest Airlines Inc., has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Florida East Coast Industries (NYSE:FLA).Florida East Coast, a regional freight railroad,...

July 27, 1999BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Kennedy-Wilson Inc. (NASDAQ: KWIC) said second-quarter earnings rose to $930,000, or 11 cents/share, from $202,000, or 3 cents/share in the same period last year.Revenue for the quarter, which ended June 30, rose...

July 27, 1999 PALO ALTO, Calif. – Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE:ESS) said it completed construction of Park Hill at Issaquah, Wash., a 245-unit complex. The complex is already 95% leased. It is owned by a joint venture...

July 27, 1999 TORONTO – TrizecHahn Corp. said second-quarter funds from operations rose to $80.1 million, or 49 cents/share on a fully diluted basis, from $66 million or 41 cents/share the year before.Net income for the quarter, which...

July 27, 1999Ford Credit office cutting back Buffalo operationsBusiness First of Buffalo, July 27BUFFALO – Ford Motor Credit Co.'s Buffalo field office is being scaled back in a strategic plan that creates eight regional centers in North America...

July 27, 1999 Concert hall could create club clashHouston Business Journal, July 27HOUSTON – In an attempt to fill the void created by the closing of Rockefeller's, a local night club owner is building a 500-seat concert venue...

July 27, 1999Coconut Creek site back on marketSouth Florida Business Journal, July 26COCONUT CREEK, Fla.-– Wayne Huizenga has put an 84-acre slice of Coconut Creek back on the market after a deal for the site fell through. Huizenga...

July 27, 1999 BETHESDA, Md. – Host Marriott Corp. (NYSE: HMT) said second quarter funds from operations rose to $152 million or 48 cents/share on a fully diluted basis, from $115 million or 47 cents/share the same period...

July 27, 1999 Reichmanns bid to regain landmark Toronto office towerThe National Post, July 27TORONTO – A company controlled by the Reichmann family is making a bid to reclaim control of First Canadian Place, a 72-story, 2.7 million...

July 27, 1999 HOUSTON – Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) said funds from operations for the second quarter rose to $25.7 million or 96 cents/share on a diluted basis from $23.8 million or 89 cents/share in the same...

July 27, 1999NEW YORK – Starwood Financial Trust (ASE: APT) and TriNet Corporate Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: TRI) filed with the SEC a joint proxy and registration statement for their pending merger.The terms of their merger remain the...

July 27, 1999 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: HRT) increased its quarterly dividend to 54 cents/share, up from 53.5 cents/share the last quarter.The dividend is payable Aug. 16 to shareholders of record Aug. 6.The REIT...