MESA, AZ-The land's in hand and now the plan is to design a 50,000-sf building at Commons Industrial Park, says the buyer's broker. Air Specialty Products has just acquired a 56,300-sf industrial plot to advance the plan.

PHILADELPHIA-Excavation begins on the new baseball-only venue. The 43,000-seat, natural-grass venue has been configured to give maximize views of the city skyline. First pitch will be thrown in 2004.

SAN ANTONIO-English and Continental Development breaks ground what it says will end a 40-year streak of no new retail projects in the southeast submarket. The 64,000-sf project goes hand-in-hand with an under-construction, 204,000-sf Wal-Mart Supercenter.

CHICAGO-Prime Group Realty Trust's board of trustees decline to accept letters of resignation from chairman Michael W. Reschke and CEO Richard S. Curto, which were delivered by Paramus, NJ-based Vornado Realty Trust.