BALTIMORE, MD-Nonprofit arts organization Creative Alliance wins a $750,00 federal grant to begin the transformation of the defunct Patterson Movie Theater into the Patterson Center for the Arts. The project is scheduled for a completion date in 2003.

NEEDHAM, MA-In order to increase the density of its 215-acre business center here between the Charles River and Route 128, the town wants to change the zoning designation and establish a traffic mitigation fund that would make it easier to build an exit off the highway here.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT-Some property owners are evicting tenants now in anticipation of a booming market for the Winter Olympic Games in February, reports multifamily rental property specialist Hendricks & Partners.

SAN FRANCISCO-For 30 years, two major SF institutions have operated under $1-per year leases with the city. But with new lease requirements on hand, one may be shut out as of January.