SAN BERNARDINO, CA- Opus West Corp. begins construction on an 85,000-sf office building within the 153-acre Tri-City Corporate Centre near the I-10 Freeway. Construction is expected to be finished in the second quarter of 2003.

MIAMI-The Coral Springs, FL, National Hockey League team wants to build "numerous" ice skating and entertainment facilities similar to Incredible Ice in South Florida towns, possibly including Weston.

NILES, IL-Two deals see American Science & Surplus take 69,056 sf at CenterPoint Properties Trust's 7410 N. Lehigh Ave. and Designed Equipment Corp. lease 21,880 sf at Mohawk Manufacturing & Supply's 6700 W. Touhy Ave.

HOUSTON-The bedding retailer negotiates a 3,484-sf inline spot at the 175,000-sf Northbrook Shopping Center, a Weingarten Realty-owned, one-year-old development in Houston's northwest submarket.