July 20, 1999 DENVER (AP) – Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway has joined the well-known real estate investor Donald Sturm and two other partners in an effort to buy the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and their...

July 20, 1999Ringling building may get classyThe Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 20SARASOTA, Fla. – The owner of an historical building built in 1926 in downtown Sarasota by Charles Ringling, of the Ringling circus family, is looking for upscale tenants...

July 20, 1999 PHILADELPHIA (AP) – If you think the No. 1 tourist spot in Philadelphia is the Liberty Bell, think again. The Franklin Mills discount outlet mall in Northeast Philadelphia drew more tourists last year than the...

July 20, 1999 BlackRock Financial, a unit of PNC Financial of Pittsburgh, was identified as the investor that has agreed to inject up to $200 million of equity into Criimi Mae, according to Commercial Mortgage AlertCriimi, a Rockville,...

July 20, 1999 SAN MATEO, Calif. – Bay View Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: BVC) has made an SEC filing for the resale of 2.8 million of its common shares that will be issued to FMAX Holdings LLC, as payment...

July 20, 1999 Burnham Pacific calls off salesSan Francisco Business Times, July 20Citing only "recent events," San Diego-based Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. has elected not to acquire the final phase of its nearly $1 billion retail property deal...

July 20, 1999 Eaton's denies looking at bankruptcy protection The Ottawa Citizen, July 20TORONTO – T. Eaton Co. (ETN) denies it is considered bankruptcy as part of a plan to restructure itself and save its 64 retail stores...

July 20, 1999 HARTFORD – David J. Ingram, a former vice president in the real estate investment group of Aetna Inc., has joined Allegis Realty Investors LLC as senior vice president in its acquisition unit. Ingram reports to...

July 20, 1999 Carlyle buys part of EG&G San Antonio Express News, July 20SAN ANTONIO – EG&G Management Services of San Antonio Inc., the main contractor for the commercial redevelopment of Kelly AFB, is being sold to Washington,...

July 20, 1999MIAMI – Estoril Inc. said it has retained Insignia/ESG as the leasing agent of Espirito Santo Plaza, a 700,000-square-foot office building that is being built in Miami.The building's anchor tenant will be Espirito Santo Bank, which...

July 20, 1999 Bouchard's Sportswear considering 3rd storeMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 20MILWAUKEE – Bouchard's Sportswear is considering the development of a new store in the 2600 block of W. State St. - a central city neighborhood that has...

July 20, 1999 BALA CYNWYD, Pa. – Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) has acquired two suburban properties in the Princeton, N.J. On June 24, the company acquired Princeton Executive Center, a 61,330 square foot suburban office property located...

July 20, 1999 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. has agreed to buy Vistana, a developer and operator of vacation time-share resorts for $19/share, or $405 million.Vistana, an Orlando, Fla., -based company, Vistana had...

July 20, 1999 NEW YORK (AP) – Treasury bond prices were lower at midday. The price of the Treasury's main 30-year bond was down 13/32 point, or $4.06 1/4 per $1,000 in face value, around midday, while its...

July 20, 1999 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (NYSE:CBL) sold four assets, including two department stores and two free-standing properties, for approximately $30 million.The sale includes a store currently leased by Dillard's at Hamilton Place...

July 20, 1999TORONTO –RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN.) increased its monthly distribution to 8.75 cents per unit, payable Aug. 6 to unitholders of record July 31.RioCan's policy is to adjust its monthly distributions at the end of...

July 20, 1999 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Two Los Angeles-based developers start construction this month on the $50 million Conejo Spectrum, which is rising on a 100-acre site formerly occupied by Northrop Grumman. The park is located in...

July 20, 1999NEWARK, N.J.– Prudential Insurance Co. of America said it has agreed to sell three office buildings in Newark's Gateway office complex to a venture involving Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds, Gale & Wentworth, Tishman Speyer and...

July 20, 1999PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Three architectural firms have been hired to begin schematic drawings to expand the Pennsylvania Convention Center's 1.3-million-square foot facility. The Vitetta Group of Philadelphia and the Atlanta-based Thompson, Ventulet & Stainback signed on...

July 20, 1999 JACKSON, Miss. – EastGroup Properties (NYSE: EGP) said it paid $7.4 million for the Yosemite Distribution Center (102,000 square feet) in Milpitas, Calif., and $4.8 million for the Interstate Commons Distribution Center (136,000 square feet)...

July 19, 1999Dan Gorczycki, who handled property sales and mortgage placements at Landauer Associates has taken a job with Dallas-based Holliday, Fenoglio & Fowler, a subsidiary of Amresco. He begins as director of new loan production at Holliday's...

July 19, 1999 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Colonial Properties Trust said its funds from operations (FFO) for the quarter ended June 30 rose to $0.77 per share from $0.71 per share. First half FFO per share rose to $1.50...

July 19, 1999 By Michael White, AP Business WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) – Mills Corp. is targeting California and Europe in an ambitious plan that seeks to dot the landscape of two continents with entertainment-oriented shopping centers. Best known...

July 19, 1999 SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- Virtuallender.com, Inc. (OTC BB:VLDC), an online mortgage lender, said it soon will include commercial loan programs on its website (www.virtuallender.com).Virtuallender.com said the focus product will be a program for commercial loans...

July 19, 1999ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) – QVC, the cable television shopping channel plans to build a distribution center in Edgecombe County that will generate 800 new jobs.QVC says the $70 million center will be its fourth in...