OAKLAND, CA-A Development Counsellors International survey of about 250 corporate executives finds California has a very bad reputation. More than 50% of respondents listed California the least favorable business climate in the nation.

INDIO, CA-The Michigan builder is buying land for a 3,275-home Del Webb project that will include commercial development and an 18-hole golf course in the city east of Palm Springs.

OSWEGO, IL-The shopping center at Route 30 and Douglas Road is financed with a $6-million, seven-year, non-recourse mortgage from a life insurance company. Inland Real Estate Corp. also buys a Brooklyn Park, MN center.

LONDON-Marks & Spencer is to roll out its new Simply Food format in Northern Ireland with a requirement for ten new stores in the province. The high street food format has already proved successful in London and the South east of England and M&S expects to open 150 of the stores over the next three years.