GOLETA, CA-The maker of scientific instruments is the first company to reserve space, 20,000 SF, in the Hollister Center since owner Sares-Regis began renovations at the 106,000-sf office building, former home to Applied Magnetics.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-The AutoNation project is going up on nine acres with Interstate 45 visibility in an area where land, on the average, sells for $8.72 per sf. The Woodlands tract will house a BMW and Mini Cooper dealership.

LOS ANGELES-Daniel Williams makes the jump from the Orange County Business Journal to helm the growth and shape the editorial content of the four-year-old industry publication.

ATLANTA-Five hundred yards from the planned $200 million Georgia Aquarium downtown, the 76-year-old, 12-story, 90,000-sf Medical Arts Building could surface in 2005 as an apartment, condominium or hotel property.