San Diego

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.

SAN DIEGO-The San Diego chapter of BOMA has elected its new board of directors. Cybele Thompson, RPA of PM Realty Group and general manager of the La Jolla Executive Tower, will serve her second term as president.

SAN DIEGO-Sales of apartment projects were brisk through September as average monthly rents eclipsed the $1,000 mark countywide. Apartment sales through the first nine months of the 2001 were up 9% from a year ago, mostly due to a strong first half of the year, according to Burnham Real Estate Services.

POWAY, CA-An $11-million, 80,878-sf deal closes at the Parkway Centre Five Business Park along with a $7-million, 37,627-sf deal at the Parkway Tech Center close. The lessees are Remec Inc. and GenRad Inc., respectively.

SAN DIEGO-While other high-tech firms are laying off thousands, a semiconductor manufacturer has expanded into a new, larger facility in the Rancho Bernardo area.

SAN DIEGO-Construction for the new $10.8-million Plaza at Scripps Northridge is