PHILIPS, WI-Philips Plastic's new 85,000-sf factory, designed by Krueck & Sexton of Chicago, and Minneapolis-based Ellerbe Becket's 500,000-sf "smart arena" in Japan are winners in Business Week/Architectural Record Awards.

WASHINGTON, DC-The District breaks ground on its first city museum after being delayed by September's terrorist attacks. The $24-million, 60,000-sf project will debut in 2003.

BIRMINGHAM-The Confederation of British Industry Conference will today hear a call from Roger Bootle--ex-chief economist at HSBC--to take property issues more seriously.

PORTLAND-Since joining the company in 1993, Griggs alone has originated finance transactions totaling roughly half a billion dollars, and the finance division as a whole has grown from $69 million in loan production to $329 million in 2000.