TRENTON, NJ-The Los Angeles-based visual effects producer expects to spend up to $60 million to create an East Coast headquarters on the old Roebling Steel property.

LOS ANGELES-The three office properties, acquired by CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners II LLC, include buildings near Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, in Boston, and in Irvine, CA.

PHOENIX-Sidehill LLC of Willmington, MA uses a 1031 Exchange to buy a 76,950-sf distribution center in the Papago Industrial Park. Big O Tires is the sole occupant in a lease that doesn't come due for another eight years.

CHICAGO-The first rewrite of the zoning code in 45 years fails to meet the needs of the working poor and persons with disabilities, a city council committee hears. The entire zoning ordinance could pass in the second quarter of 2003.