Development

IRVINE, CA-With an ever-expanding student body, UC Irvine puts its money where its land is and invests in numerous classrooms, gathering halls, medical facilities and housing options.

ATLANTA-Construction could begin in mid-2008 on the hotel, which will be located Downtown across from the Georgia Aquarium.

FORT WAYNE, IN-The new $16 million center, now under construction, is 100,000 sf with two outlots, and another planned 50,000 expansion to the south.

BENSALEM, PA-The six-building, 1.2-million-sf phase two of Horizon Corporate Center is designed for LEED certification beginning with 200,000 sf of class A office space.

WEST POINT, GA-Crossman & Co. begins work on the Venue, which will contain 938 apartments, more than 350,000 sf of retail space and a hotel.

NEW YORK CITY-Sources confirm reports that Merrill Lynch is inches away from a deal with Vornado to build new in Midtown. It's not a prospect that makes the Downtown Alliance smile.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ-The 18-story building will house the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey and other medical research operations.

LOS ANGELES-The partnership of the Buxbaum and Amerland groups acquires the Rosslyn Hotel in Downtown L.A. for a conversion to 300 affordable and market-rate apartments.