BEAVER CREEK, CO-Harry Frampton, managing partner of East West Partners is the new chairman of the Urban Land Institute. His priorities include continuing the momentum begun by ULI for smart growth development, with a particular emphasis on suburban smart growth.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA-The insurance firm signs a five-year lease, with a $5-million price tag, for the Atrium at Empire Lakes, marking what brokers say is one of the largest leases in two years in the Inland Empire.

NORTH ANDOVER, MA-The Lawrence Airport Commission approves a deal that would bring an industrial park to the Lawrence Municipal Airport. The project still needs approval from the city of Lawrence and the Federal Aviation Administration.

CHICAGO-Jerry Rosenwasser, owner of 11-15 N. Wabash Ave., fails to get assurances that the new Jewelers Row landmark district will allow for an expansion of his three-story building.