BROOKLYN PARK, MN-The struggling leather goods retailer, with 460 stores, had already announced plans to close down 111 stores. It also is working to avoid defaulting on two loans.

ST. PAUL-The news comes on the eve of a $19-million bond issue for various public construction projects, including park improvements and street parking.

MINNEAPOLIS-The move puts in limbo the status of the anchor stores for hundreds of regional malls, downtown areas and community shopping centers around the country, and especially in the Midwest, where Marshall Field's has most of its 62 stores.

SHAKOPEE, MN-The Twin Cities firms of KKE Architects, Inc. and Amcon Construction Co., who collaborated on the two-story, 100,000-sf education center, brought the project in at $82 per sf.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-The 565-room Radisson Hotel South and Plaza Tower hotel switches flags to Sheraton March 16. It has been a Radisson for its entire 34-year history.

MINNEAPOLIS-In a very busy market, Centex Homes was followed by the Rottlund Co., DR Horton and MW Johnson Homes in total dollar volume for residential permits issued.

ST. PAUL-The local maker of industrial cleaners and sanitizers plans to move its research and development operations to the 481,000-sf complex in Eagan it has agreed to buy, but remains committed to keeping its corporate headquarters Downtown.

HASTINGS, MN-The convenience store chain recently had as many as 164 stores, but its business was hurt by the sluggish economy, increased competition and inability to sell gasoline.