SHORT HILLS, NJ-With the title of senior vice president-leasing, the exec will move over from the company's Long Island division to take charge of a 3.8 million-sf portfolio.

IRVINE, CA-The developer pays $2 million for the 21,154-sf building and plans to split it into two as a means of capitalizing on demand from smaller owner-user buildings.

ATLANTA-The former vice president of franchising for Holiday Inn Worldwide, a predecessor of Six Continents here, and a 20-year veteran of the hotel industry, joins Steve Porter, new president of the London-based hotelier's Americas division, in a restructured management team.

BOSTON-The second phase of the revitalization of City Hall Plaza gets under way with the creation of a Government Center Task Force that is charged with coming up with a plan to improve the design and function of the plaza and the Government Center area.