San Diego

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

SAN DIEGO-The dot-com meltdown fluffed up the county's office vacancy in the first six months of the year, according to statistics from CB Richard Ellis.

CHULA VISTA, CA-The Booming Otay Ranch area is getting another educational facility as district officials prepare to break the seal on the 60,000-sf Heritage Elementary School. The school includes nine single-story buildings and is slated for completion this month.

SAN DIEGO-A biotech research company is getting ready to move into two buildings totaling 97,500 sf later this year at Eastgate Pointe in the University Towne Centre area.

SAN DIEGO-A San Diego-based developer has executed a joint venture and financing agreement on its condominium property near Rosarito Beach in Baja California.