SAN FRANCISCO-Eugene Reilly, most recently a partner with Cabot Properties in Boston, will head up domestic development for the publicly traded industrial REIT.

ATLANTA-In secret negotiations with an undisclosed seller, the Georgia Properties Commission has approved the land purchase in hopes of interesting the Dearborn, MI-based automaker into opening a new manufacturing plant in the state.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The Metis Group found "synergy" in Scottsdale's Youth Family Art Center. The mix of youth related businesses in the three-building, user-owned condos complement the firm's planned private tutoring center.

LAS VEGAS-A California private investor acquires the 488-unit Sandpiper Apartments here from Rayman Associates Nevada LP. The property, built in 1987, is located about three miles west of The Strip.