July 19, 1999 CHICAGO—First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) said it won two major contracts for build-to-suit development projects. Combined, the projects total 1.3 million square feet, representing a total investment of $33.3 million. The companies that...

July 19, 1999 LAFAYETTE, Calif. – Bedford Property Investors Inc. (NYSE: BED) reported second-quarter net income before gains from sales and an extraordinary item of $8.6 million, or $0.70/share, compared to $7.9 million or $0.35/share the prior year.Rental...

July 19, 1999 RREEF Funds buys $80 Mln portfolio in L.A. areaLos Angeles Business Journal, July 19LOS ANGELES – San Francisco-based RREEF Funds has purchased a portfolio of 1.3 million square feet in 48 buildings on behalf of...

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...

July 19, 1999 CLEVELAND -- First Union Real Estate Investments (NYSE:FUR) said it agreed to sell six of its southwest regional malls to a joint venture of Whitehall Street Real Estate LP XI, a real estate fund sponsored...

July 19, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO – BancBoston Robertson Stephens said its senior real estate analysts, Jay P. Leupp and Robert L. Levy, are predicting a stable environment and strong performance for the commercial real estate industry's second quarter...

July 19, 1999 NEW YORK--New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:NXL) announced two note issues totaling $175 million.The first consists of $150 million of unsecured, 10-year fixed rate notes with a coupon of 7.4%. Underwriters are Salomon Smith...

July 19, 1999 CLEVELAND -- Duke-Weeks Realty Corp. said that it expanded its Cleveland area holdings with the addition last week of a 248-acre Emerald Valley industrial park property. Located outside the Village of Glenwillow, near Cleveland, the...

July 19, 1999JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– The St. Joe Co. (NYSE:JOE) said the Walton County, Florida, Board of County Commissioners approved the first phase of St. Joe's proposed resort and residential community, WaterColor, located on the Gulf of Mexico in...

July 19, 1999 INDIANAPOLIS – Duke-Weeks Realty Corp. said it has started building a speculative office building in eastern Tampa and a distribution facility in Orlando, Fla.The office building, Highland Oaks II will contain 125,000 square feet. It...

July 19, 1999 WASHINGTON -- CarrAmerica Realty Corp. (NYSE: CRE) said it will release second quarter earnings on Friday, Aug. 6, prior to market opening. CarrAmerica will conduct a conference call to discuss the second quarter the same...

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 16, 1999Adidas expands its plans for N. Portland The Oregonian, July 15PORTLAND, Ore. - Adidas America Inc. has significantly expanded plans for its new headquarters in North Portland. "Adidas Village," as company executives have dubbed it, will...

July 16, 1999 By Michelle Rushlo (AP)PHOENIX – Testimony on whether former Gov. Fife Symington defrauded union pension funds could have taken just days, but the reversal of his criminal convictions means it will take considerably longer, says...

July 16, 1999Central Park S. Hotel sold for $62 MlnNew York Daily News, July 16NEW YORK – Bass Hotels & Resorts, the British company that owns the Holiday Inn and Inter-Continental hotel chains, has purchased the Westin Central...

July 16, 1999MIAMI – LNR Property Corp. (NYSE: LNR) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0125 per common share and $0.01125 per Class B common share.Both dividends are payable on Aug. 16, to shareholders of record on Aug....

July 16, 1999 Oil discovery called largest ever in GulfThe Dallas Morning News, July 16DALLAS – BP Amoco PLC and Mobil Corp. said Thursday they have discovered an oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico with recoverable reserves of...

July 16, 1999NEW YORK – Chase Manhattan has provided a $50 million fixed-rate mortgage on the Capitol Square office complex in Sacramento, Calif.The property is owned by the California Public Employees' Retirement System and contains 616,730 square feet...

July 16, 1999Southern shopping center, at Wards Corner, is soldThe Virginian-Pilot, July 16NORFOLK – Aetna Institutional Investors has sold the Southern Shopping Center for $13.5 million to a group of local investors, Southern Shopping Center LLC, a group...

July 16, 1999 CHICAGO – Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP) said it paid Holder Properties Inc. $70.8 million for Prominence in Buckhead, an office building in Atlanta.Equity Office, which is controlled by financier Sam Zell, had agreed...

July 16, 1999 NEW YORK (AP) – Treasury bond prices were higher at midday. The price of the Treasury's main 30-year bond was up 3/8 point, or $3.75 per $1,000 in face value, around midday, while its yield...