LONG BEACH, CA-The $75 million CityPlace project's retail component is underway with a spring 2003 completion date. The 221-unit residential-over-retail development includes 450,000 sf of retail and restaurant space.

MIAMI-The 65-year-old, 40-room property on Ocean Drive in south Miami Beach is growing to 91 rooms to be designed by Jacque Garcia, the Paris interior specialist who designed the Danube restaurant in New York City and Le Passage lounge in Chicago. The shuttered hotel will open in fall 2003.

LONDON-With most of the world gearing up for a month long feast of football, the UK has another distraction in the form of the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. A new report from King Sturge looks back at the way the property sector has changed since 1952.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA-EPD Wearnes will be moving into the industrial building, located at 10730 Bell Court here, by July 2002. It plans some office build out, adding another floor of office space to bring the total office square footage to nearly 3,600.