PLEASANTON, CA-To the relief of East Bay environmental groups, the East Bay Regional Park District has acquired a square-mile at Pleasanton Ridge from Shea Homes, preventing planned multifamily development from occurring.

PORTLAND-If there was any doubt 2003 would be a tough year Peter Korpecz has stamped it out. The Director and Head of the Strategic Real Estate Group at Pricewaterhouse Coopers was in town this morning to discuss the latest iteration of its report on "Emerging Trends In Real Estate.

LONDON-Mohammed Al Fayed, owner of the Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, is threatening to take the Scottish Parliament to the European Court of Human Rights if it enacts the Land Reform Bill.

PHILADELPHIA-The local office of Reilly Mortgage arranges a 10-year Freddie Mac loan for the 100-acre residential community in Lancaster, PA. It was built in the early 1970s and consists of 72 apartments in three mid-rise buildings and 328 townhouses.