BALTIMORE, MD-Montgomery Park Business Center, the 1.3 million-sf redevelopment project of the former Montgomery Ward Catalog Building, signs up collection firm NCO Group Inc. as its first private sector tenant. The Horsham, PA-firm takes on 100,000 sf for its new call center.

WRENTHAM, MA-Roseland, NJ-based Chelsea Property Group submits plans for a 60,000-sf shopping center to be developed on its 16-acre parcel on Route 1A in front of the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, a 170-store shopping complex it developed.

PORTLAND-Despite several retail chains closing stores in the market, other retailers are thriving and expanding and heretofore stalled projects are being revived, according to a third quarter report from Norris Beggs & Simpson that backs up a national report, which ranked Portland as one of the best retail markets in the country.

ARLINGTON, VA-A $101-million deal for Tishman Speyer affiliate TST/Pentagon City WorldCom Inc.'s former MCI headquarters gets the thumbs-down from a bankruptcy court judge. The 540,000-sf, two-building property could end up being leased for the time being.