SAN JOSE-The Palladium Company, a New York developer, says it is pulling out of a 3.7-million-sf project in Downtown San Jose because of the continuing sluggish performance by both the regional and national economies.

ATLANTA-First quarter numbers reveal that the city's retail sector has softened following a period of growth in the late '90s. Expect power centers to take a further beating this year, while the Southeast's darling-grocery-anchored centers-will continue to perform relatively well.

ATLANTA-Neal Golden, Bert Sanders and Patrick Duffy have resigned from the local office of Julien J. Studley, a New York-based commercial real estate brokerage. A potential leadership change within the company prompted the spate of resignations, GlobeSt.com learns.

NEW YORK CITY-The UK-based sandwich-shop chain signs new deals with an aggregate value of nearly $7 million and plans to have between 16 and 20 stores operating in Manhattan by the end of 2002.