WINSTON-SALEM, NC-Publix Super Markets Inc. announced plans on Friday to increase its portfolio in North Carolina with new stores in Cornelius and Winston-Salem.

MIAMI-The developer of major high-rise rental housing project still under construction at Mary Brickell Village here has converted the 390-unit building into condominiums.

CHICAGO-City officials say that construction on the $800-million project to consolidate all rental car companies under one roof at O'Hare International Airport will begin this upcoming spring.

TOWSON, MD-The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a controversial loan to a Greene Turtle franchise here on Wednesday, despite objections raised by State Comptroller Peter Franchot.

ROCKVILLE, MD- Locally-based Federal Realty Investment Trust announced on Wednesday it had signed six new restaurant tenant leases at its Pike & Rose development here.

ATLANTIC CITY-Las Vegas casino operator Steve Wynn is hoping to secure approval from state gaming regulators to enter the New Jersey Internet gambling arena.

PHILADELPHIA-The Philadelphia City Planning Commission has recommended the approval of a number of zoning variances for a mixed-use project on 22nd and Spring Garden Streets.

RIDGEWOOD, NJ-A chance to finally show the level of opposition to the Valley Hospital expansion project backfired when village officials canceled the Planning Board hearing due to overcrowding.