WASHINGTON-In a soon to be released expressions of intent to be issued by the General Services Administration as part of its search for a new FBI headquarters, new criteria will eliminate a number of locations from the competition

BALTIMORE-The city's oldest office tower is to be converted into a residential apartment building under its new ownership.

MIAMI-The Related Group is reportedly under contract to acquire 444 Brickell Ave. for approximately $100 million.

MEMPHIS-United Parcel Service Inc. is seeking tax incentives in connection with its planned $80.3-million expansion at Memphis International Airport here.

CHICAGO-If half of Safeway's 66 Dominick's supermarkets here fail to attract buyers by the Dec. 28th deadline, the Chicago retail market could see about two million square feet of vacant retail space come to market.

PHILADELPHIA-SMG, the soon-to-be facilities manager for the Philadelphia Convention Center, has selected Lorenz Hassenstein as operations chief of the facility.

MOORESTOWN, NJ-Defense contractor Lockheed Martin, citing a slowdown in government contracts, announced it will be laying off 240 workers at its facility here.

PLAINFIELD, NJ-Thirty-one-year-old developer Mario Camino sees downtown Plainfield as a “blank canvas.”