EL CENTRO, CA-The City of El Centro has completed the first phase of a renovation project that is aimed at upgrading and expanding its El Centro Regional Medical Center. Phase II of the $26-million project is slated for an April 2004 build-out.

DENVER-The Genesis Group reports that as apartment vacancies rise, conversion to condominium may be an attractive alternative for owners/investors.

NEW YORK CITY-The Witkoff/Praedium partnership unloads two mixed-use properties in Soho for more than $22 million. The partnership had picked up the properties as part of a larger deal in March of 2000.

DALLAS-The work has been 18 months in the making as world-renowned architects fashion a crown jewel for the eastern perimeter of the Dallas Arts District. With the buildings' placement now set, the focus shifts to the structures' concepts.