GREENBELT, MD-A call has been put out to potential designers for the Goddard Space Flight Center's new 200,000-sf Space Sciences Directorate building. The $100-million facility will allow GSFC to consolidate operations from six buildings on its 33-building campus into a single on-site structure.

NEWARK-City council approval of a lease extension on the port and airport will pump much needed cash into the proposed new home for two pro sports franchises.

PHOENIX-Summit Commercial Properties buys 417,000 sf of fully leased office buildings in Phoenix, Glendale and North Scottsdale. The triple sale is another step in Mack-Cali's divestiture west of the Mississippi.

LAKEWOOD, CO-Pinkard Construction Co. of Lakewood, DPR Construction Inc. of Redwood, CA and JE Dunn of Denver get contracts worth $72.5 million to build the first 220,000 sf of an eventual $500-million mixed-use project that will become this city's Downtown.