PHILADELPHIA-The 243-bed Elkins Park and 200-bed Parkview acute-care facilities may be sacrificed in a round of cost cutting by their Santa Barbara, CA-based owner. Tenet acquired them in an eight-property portfolio in 1998. Plans call for their sale, conversion or consolidation.

IRVINE, CA-The shipping firm, a 10-year tenant at 18651 Von Karman Ave., signs for another five for the operation, one of its busiest Orange County sites. Signatures are put to paper nearly two months the lease expiration.

WASHINGTON, PA-Gander Mountain of Bloomington, MN has signed a lease with Crown American Realty Trust to locate their superstore concept here in the former Ames Department Store space at Washington Crown Center.

SAN DIEGO-Multifamily sales in San Diego County have reached the highest level seen in 13 years, according to a new report on the region by Burnham Real Estate Services.