Development

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-The Post Office is looking to replace its existing 65-year-old local facility with a new 28,000-sf complex that would include 6,000 sf for its retail unit.

DENVER-The $40-million, 196-room J.W. Marriott is expected to command average room rates of about $170 per night when it opens in the spring of 2004 on the Sears Roebuck & Co. site.

ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI-Jefferson Beach Properties high-rise retail and multifamily project needs preliminary approval by the city. However, the primarily residential Macomb County suburb faces severe budget deficits.

DANVERS, MA-Galyan's Trading Company enters the New England region with the opening of an 80,000-sf store at 96 Commonwealth Ave. right next to the Liberty Tree Mall. The Plainfield, IN-based company sells sports and outdoor equipment.

SAN DIEGO, CA-Carmel Valley Housing Associates LP wraps up its 112-unit Torrey Del Mar project three months ahead of schedule. The project was built by Wermers Multi-Family Corp.

CHICAGO-Work has begun on redeveloping over 100 acres of the enormous former U.S. Steel South Works in Chicago. The site will be home to a new Solo Cup factory by 2004; a lakefront park is also under way nearby.

DENVER-The full-service general contractor, design-builder and construction manager will design the sandwich restaurant franchiser's new offices at 1475 Lawrence St., a building developed by Weitz Co. in 1981.

ATLANTA-Jerry and Brett Buckner, previously of the locally based Buckner & Co., join the Irvine, CA-based company's office here as senior advisors. Kevin Boughner moves over from Wachovia Securities. The new trio takes the local office brokerage staff to a dozen.