July 16, 1999 ANCHORAGE – (AP) – Construction has begun on an expanded cargo handling facility at Anchorage International Airport. Contractors started pouring concrete yesterday for the first of five jumbo-jet parking spaces at the Alaska CargoPort --...

July 15, 1999 ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) declared a 17.5 cent per share monthly dividend, payable on August 16 to shareholders of record as of August 2. The dividend represents an annualized rate of...

July 15, 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Charles E. Smith Residential Realty Inc.(NYSE:SRW) has purchased The Consulate, a 269-unit luxury apartment building in the Connecticut Avenue corridor of northwest Washington. The transaction, valued at about $33 million, was funded...

July 15, 1999SACRAMENTO – Keeping step with state-of-the-art concrete tilt-up technology, Sacramento-based Panattoni Construction, Inc. said the firm expects this week to raise some of the tallest concrete building panels west of the Mississippi.The panels will be used...

July 15, 1999 GARDEN GROVE, Calif.– New Discoveries Publishing (OTC Bulletin Board: NWDP) said it has signed a letter of intent with the Castle Group of Hawaii (OTC Bulletin Board: CAGU), to purchase and complete a Five Star...

July 15, 1999 Old Commercial National Bank site soldHouston Chronicle, July 14One of the oldest structures in Houston, the 95-year-old Commercial National Bank building on Main Street, has been sold to a local group of investors that plans...

July 15, 1999NORTHBROOK, Ill. – A venture led by Cargill Financial Services Corp. has purchased National City Tower, a 723,000-square-foot office building in Louisville, Ky.Cargill teamed up with M&J Wilkow Ltd. to buy the 40-story building from an...

July 15, 1999Developer buys land near Denver's FlatIron mallDenver Rocky Mountain News, July 15DENVER – One of the largest real estate developers in the country is planning an $80 million, 360,000 square-foot shopping center and three hotels adjacent...

July 15, 1999Canada's economy in '90s: 'Truly ugly'The Ottawa Citizen, July 15OTTAWA – A leading economic think tank describes Canada's economic performance during the 1990s as "truly ugly" when compared to the boom being experienced in the United...

July 15, 1999 LOXLEY, Ala. (AP) – Ace Hardware Corp. will break ground tomorrow on a $35 million distribution facility in Loxley.The facility, the size of 16 football fields, is expected to create 325 new jobs, the mayor...

July 15, 1999Nasdaq-Amex skips Times Square big dig New York Daily News, July 15NEW YORK –The Nasdaq-Amex is shelving its plans for developing a gleaming new stock exchange and headquarters building in Times Square and has begun to...

July 15, 1999SAN FRANCISCO — Teachers Insurance is said to be negotiating to buy 88 Kearny Street, a 210,000-square-foot office building in the city's downtown.Although Teachers would not confirm or deny a deal, the San Francisco Business Times...

July 15, 1999N.Y. financier takes full control of USX Tower Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 13PITTSBURGH – A New York investment fund run by Wall Street financier Leon Black now controls 100 percent of USX Tower's $265 million mortgage, giving...

July 15, 1999Kansas City developers propose changes to Power & Light District plansKansas City Star, July 15 KANSAS CITY – Developers of the $454-million Power & Light entertainment district are proposing changes to the downtown revitalization plan approved...

July 15, 1999 NEW YORK (AP) -- Treasury bond prices were mixed at midday. The price of the Treasury's main 30-year bond was down 1/16 point, or 62 1/2 cents per $1,000 in face value, around midday, while...

July 15, 1999 CINCINNATI – Marriott International, in conjunction with Winegardner & Hammons, Inc., and Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. said it will build a new full-service, 295-room hotel in the Cincinnati area. Scheduled to open in...

July 15, 1999CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Norman M. Kranzdorf, president and chief executive officer of Kranzco Realty Trust (NYSE:KRT) has been elected a director of privately held New America Network, Inc., Hightstown, N.J. New America is a global partnership...

July 15, 1999 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.– Health Care Property Investors Inc. (NYSE: HCP) said it completed $62 million of health care real estate investments during the second quarter.For the six months ended June 30, 1999, the company completed...

July 15, 1999 DENVER – Merrill Lynch Capital Markets has signed on to CyberLoan, the on-line commercial real estate submission network operated by FinancingSource.Com of Denver.Like E-Loan for the residential market, CyberLoan matches incoming loan applications with the...

July 15, 1999PHOENIX (AP) – A date was set today for the bankruptcy trial of former Gov. Fife Symington, who is accused of defrauding a group of union pension funds. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George Nielsen ordered that the...

July 15, 1999 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Home Properties (NYSE: HME) said the State of New York Division of Housing and Community Renewal will provide it with $13.6 million of low-income housing tax credits over 10 years and $4.2...

July 15, 1999 NEW YORK – AMREP Corp. (NYSE:AXR) reported April 30 fiscal fourth quarter net income of $3,621,000, or $0.49 per share, compared with year earlier earnings of $1,020,000, or $0.14 per share. Revenues increased 54 percent...

July 15, 1999 ATLANTA – Roberts Realty Investors Inc. (Amex: RPI) said it has hired Eastdil Realty Co. to market three apartment complexes in the Atlanta area.The three properties contain a total of 693 units and were constructed...

July 15, 1999 Board rejects office plan for five pointsThe Bradenton Herald, July 15SARASOTA, Fla. – A proposed 14-story office tower in downtown Sarasota was dealt at least a temporary setback by the city's Planning board. The Five...

July 15, 1999By Paul Gereffi, VertiNews CorrespondentFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The tightest market in Broward County industrial space in years is putting a crimp on business expansion, but could be a lucrative opportunity for builders. "This is the...