CORAL GABLES, FL-Messinger, a former manager with CBS Sportsline.com, will focus on sale and leasing of office and industrial space at Beacon Station. Nine million sf of office, distribution and showroom and retail space plus a hotel are planned.

TIGARD, OR-On behalf of a third-party equity investment fund, Trammell Crow developed, leased, managed, and sold the 40,000-sf building in 14 months. The buyer is Pacific Northwest Properties.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-According to a recent report by Grubb & Ellis Co., the region's industrial sector will continue to cool in the upcoming year. North and Central County, with their more traditional manufacturing and distribution facilities, are expected to fare best in the face of the continued slowdown.

BEAVERTON, OR-The Murrayhill Marketplace Thriftway closes in January, after which Safeway will begin renovations to reopen the 41,000-sf space. Regency Centers acquired the aging-but-well-located mall in 1998.