CHICAGO-The $355-million project at Adams and State streets has 530,000 sf available, and The Beitler Co.'s new senior vice president John F. Bucheleres is in charge of leasing it. The project is a joint venture between his new company and Prime Group Realty Trust.

SEATTLE- Driven up by new online deliveries and steady job cuts, the Puget Sound area apartment market is experiencing its highest vacancy rates in several years, according to a recent report prepared by Hendricks & Partners. Economists warn recovery is not in the near future, but there is hope the multifamily market, along with the Northwest economy in general, bounces back by 2004.

GAINESVILLE, VA-Two multi-million dollar mixed-use developments get an enthusiastic approval from members of Prince William County's Planning Commission. The two developments, Village Place at Gainesville and the Virginia Gateway Addition, provide an aggregate 1.25 million sf of office and retail space, and 475 residential dwellings.

PHILADELPHIA-Cincinnati-based based trustee L.J. Shapiro sells the 100,000-sf, 25-year-old shopping center in the northern Cincinnati suburb of Forest Park for $2.28 million to Mendos Inc., which plans a significant upgrade. Anchors are Family Dollar and NAPA Auto Parts.