FORT LAUDERDALE-Gary Hillert, who paid $3.5 million for the building, plans to try to lease it out. The building sits on 4.52 acres and has been vacant for nearly a couple of years, when U.S. Foodservice moved out.

PHOENIX-The 170,000-sf, six-story office building will be ready to occupy by November 2004 as Phoenix moves another step forward to stake its claim to a piece of the biomedical industry. Designed by the SmithGroup, the builder is DPR Construction.

DETROIT-Popular restaurateur closes downtown eatery near Orchestra Hall claiming

EULESS, TX-Sterling Centrecorp buys six acres abutting an eight-year-old, 55,182-sf Albertsons at the crossroads of Main and Harwood streets in Euless. The plan is to break ground on a 12,600-sf first phase in midsummer as lookers mull over pad sites.