July 27, 1999 DETROIT (AP)- Several young black commercial developers hold major stakes in Detroit's development projects. The developers, in their 40s and younger, are participating in the city's more than $4.5-billion commercial real estate construction. Melvin (Butch)...

July 27, 1999 Denver's Children's Hospital may be movingDenver Post, July 27DENVER – Children's Hospital board of directors has approved a feasibility study of the costs of maintaining its current location vs. finding a new one. If a...

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 26, 1999 ATLANTA – Abrams Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: ABRI) said its Abrams Properties Inc. unit paid $9 million for Crossroads Square Shopping Center in Jacksonville, Fla.The company plans to redevelop the 174,000-square-foot community shopping center using proceeds...

July 26, 1999 RALEIGH, N.C. – Highwoods Properties (NYSE: HIW) declared a 55.5 cent per share common stock dividend payable Aug. 18 to shareholders of record Aug. 5.The dividend is up from 54 cents/share that was paid in...

July 26, 1999Opponents of 31st Street hotel circulate referendum petition The Virginian-Pilot, July 26VIRGINIA BEACH – Opponents of a new $50 million hotel-retail complex on the beach have collected more than 2,000 of the 17,000 necessary signatures to...

July 26, 1999Up to 850 units in 16 buildings over 15 acres New York Times, July 25NEW YORK – For 90 years, Brighton Beach Baths was a maze of pools, miniature golf, lockers and lounges for its members....

July 26, 1999SAN DIEGO – Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. said its board of directors voted to reject Schottenstein Stores Corp.'s unsolicited proposal to buy the outstanding stock of Burnham and the outstanding units of Burnham's operating partnership.J. David...

July 26, 1999Aging boomers create demandThe Daytona Beach News-Journal July 25DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The gray hair and wrinkles are increasing for the baby- boom generation and this means more demand for health care facilities. To satisfy the...

July 26, 1999Corporex plans Boston hotel/office/sports clubBusiness Courier, July 26CINCINNATI – Corporex Cos. has agreed to lease a 22-acre site in the Boston suburb of Reading, Mass., on which it will develop a hotel, office building and a...

July 26, 1999 Business confidence at a highThe Globe and Mail, July 26 TORONTO – Canadian business leaders are increasingly optimistic about sales and other performance measures, with Ontario fueling the higher expectations, a survey shows. The Dun...

July 26, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO – Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and ARCS Commercial have begun offering their commercial mortgage loans on LoopLender, an internet-based commercial mortgage origination service.Morgan and ARCS join 13 other lenders on LoopLender, a unit...

July 26, 1999 RICHMOND, Va. – Cornerstone Realty Income Trust Inc. (NYSE: TCR) completed its merger with Apple Residential Income Trust Inc. Under the merger, Apple shareholders received 0.40 of a share of Cornerstone $25 Series A convertible...

July 26, 1999 One of Moscow's biggest eyesores, the Intourist Hotel, may soon be a thing of the past after City Hall announced it will hold a tender for bidders interested in taking over the site and building...

July 26, 1999 DALLAS (AP) – As part of the $24-million deal to buy a minority interest in the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas-based Belo Corp. obtained a 6.19-percent nonvoting interest in The Arena Group, the partnership formed by the...

July 26, 1999 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – When Shelly Davis moved to Austin last year, the reality of finding a one-bedroom apartment hit hard. "One bedroom is totally out of the question," said Davis, a doctoral student in...

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE) said funds from operations for the second-quarter ended June 30 rose to $13.4 million, or 38 cents/share, from $12 million, or 34 cents/share, a year ago.Net income was $8.8...

July 26, 1999 BETHESDA, Md. -- First Washington Realty Trust declared a quarterly common stock dividend of 48.75 cents/share payable Aug. 15 to shareholders of record Aug.1In addition, the REIT set a preferred stock dividend of 60.94 cents/share,...