Development

CHICAGO-The plan commission punches CMC Heartland Partners III, LLC's ticket for a 1,694-unit residential development with more than 50,000 sf of retail space, including a Jewel food store to serve a booming neighborhood northwest of the Loop and commuter rail terminals.

DENVER-Brewery Bar II, a popular eatery at the edge of Downtown Denver, is opening a second location in the Entertainment District in the recently created city of Lone Tree. Wynkoop Brewing Co. is opening the first "brew-pub" in the Capitol Hill neighborhood east of the Central Business District.

CHARLOTTE-The Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical company is adding a 150,000-sf laboratory and manufacturing arm at its 215-acre Sanford, NC campus, 80 miles east of Downtown Charlotte.

SEATTLE-Starbucks Coffee International has inked a deal with Marinopoulos Brothers, a retail, commercial and industrial group in Greece, to open specialty coffee shops in Athens and throughout the country. The first store is scheduled to open in Athens this fall.

LOS ANGELES-Juergen Bartels, CEO of the London-based Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts, told a small crowd gathered in the Garden Room of his Le Meridien at Beverly Hills that the independent luxury hotel group has its sights set on becoming the number-one brand in the international hotel trade by 2004.

SAN DIEGO-The road is cleared for the Port District to buy four blocks from the city of San Diego for convention center and ballpark parking.