Development

PHILADELPHIA-Valerie B. Bowman, former national account manager of a

JACKSONVILLE, FL-The 32-acre Southside hospital campus expects to break ground in two months on a 250,000-sf hospital and an 80,000-sf physicians' office building in the 1,022-acre Flagler Center at Interstate 95 and Old St. Augustine Road.

DENVER-Angry over what it says is lax enforcement of city rules requiring union labor on current construction sites, the Colorado Building Trades Council wants to put a referendum on next November's ballot that would ask voters to decide whether there should be a new convention hotel in Denver.

AURORA-The new municipal center, besides being three times the size of the old one, is an anchor of the city's Downtown and "civic campus.

WINTER PARK, FL-Developer Eric Kovar plans to break ground on Labor Day on the Lofts of Winter Park Village: a 176-unit, 500,000-sf apartment venture and have most of it completed by Memorial Day 2004.

ORLANDO-The six-year-old development entity of The Norbert Corp. bought 3.25 acres for $410,500 at Orlando Central Park South where they expect to break ground in April on a $4 million, 50,000-sf office showroom/warehouse facility.

RIVERSIDE, CA-Transcan Development, based near Oakland, is working on entitlements for the 84-acre Canyon Crossings at Canyon Springs, an entertainment and retail center planned at the junction of I-215 and the 60 Highway.

SHERMAN, TX-NewQuest Properties of Houston has the ground crew moving on a 100-acre tract to mark its inroad into North Texas. The 700,000-sf town center, situated 65 miles northeast of Dallas, is about 65% pre-leased.