CHICAGO-The Equity Office Properties boss notes tenants are shortening their decision-making time, and construction has slowed down. "Our strategy is very simple: occupancy, occupancy, occupancy," he says, adding job descriptions have changed among property managers.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-James Camp, formerly with Lowe Enterprises, will be senior vice president of development and acquisitions, based at the company's Newport Beach office. Before Lowe, Camp worked for Koll Cornerstone and Burke Commercial Development.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-Combining the two casino/hotel properties would reduce the number of properties here to 11 and create the largest one of them all--at least until the Borgata opens up next.

OAKLAND, CA-The $2.4 million public works grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration is the federal share of the $3.2 million project to design the base's conversion from military use to light industrial, commercial and maritime development.