SAN DIEGO-The Joan Kroc Community Center opened this week, capping a project that already is beginning to bring commercial life to South San Diego.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-The money will be used by Park Place Entertainment to redevelop the struggling Ocean One retail center on the boardwalk into an upscale shopping and entertainment complex.

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL-The Pasco County Commission has just given the go ahead for the proposed Cypress Creek development, a multi-faceted project that would bring a hotel, office space, retail space and residential units to the largely undeveloped area.

PHOENIX-The office market's steep vacancy climb of recent quarters appears to be over. The overall rate rose just 0.85%, according to preliminary information from Insignia/ESG's Phoenix office. Construction too is in check.