WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-The $70-million project is ready to move to the next stage now that a 1,142-space underground parking garage is completed. Due to open in March 2004, the center is a mix of shops and restaurants with Target and Best Buy as anchors.

PLEASANT HILL, CA-John F. Kennedy University buys a five-acre parcel that includes a 102,000-sf facility, which will house classrooms and administrative offices.

DALLAS-Ron Carey has returned to Texas after an eight-year stint in Florida, signing on as the senior investment officer for the Gulf/Mountain Region. He will steer First Industrial's "buy side" for five cities, where the goal is to spend $160 million.

RICHMOND, VA-Capital One may leave 19-building complex, but there's good news: a tobacco giant is moving its headquarters about 10 miles to the west, and may ultimately need space in Forest Park.