CHICAGO-The new year will see Peter C. Roberts becoming chief executive officer of the Americas while the incumbent, Earl E. Webb, will take over as chief executive officer of the real estate services and investment management firm's capital markets group.

ORLANDO-CREW Orlando, a 15-year-old, 72-member commercial real estate women's organization, is being recognized internationally by its parent group, CREW Network, for outstanding local community service.

SALIDA, CO-Multifamily rental mogul C. Robert Nicolls II, who also is co-owner of the 100-room Monarch Lodge, is part of a team looking to buy Monarch Ski area southwest of Denver for $5 million, $1.5 million less than Los Angeles-based investor Goodwin Gaw and Melvin Choo of Hong Kong paid in 1996.

PORTLAND-The 60,000-sf, estimated $20-million long-term lease agreement with the cooking and baking school--combined with several million dollars in planned renovations--should transform the struggling 140,000-sf anchor building of Downtown Portland's West End into a bustling lunchtime destination.