BLUE ISLAND, IL-The plastics recycler takes more than one-third of Vision Properties Blue Island building at 3301 Wireton Rd. In the city, National Focus leases 13,680 sf of warehouse space at 7401 S. Pulaski Rd.

ENGLEWOOD, CO-This suburban Denver redevelopment of a shopping mall into a mixed-use project has received an excellence in economic development award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

ORLANDO-The first phase of the two-building, 5,760-room Pop Century Resort is being completed after a two-year construction halt. Orlando hospitality industry consultant Robin L. Webb tells GlobeSt.com that Christmas season could be the market's turning point.

PHOENIX-Three more branches will open by October, the first of which will come on-line in June at the Valley West Shopping Center in Chandler. Next up will be Gilbert and Peoria, where the acreage has just been bought.