• Councilor Offers Compromise for Lot-Size Snafu

    SEATTLE-Metropolitan King County Councilwoman Cynthia Sullivan is offering up a compromise plan that could resolve the controversial size issue of building new churches and schools in rural areas.

  • Apartment Occupancy Slides and Rents Level Off

    ORANGE COUNTY, CA-During the first quarter of 2001, the Orange County Apartment Report, published by M/PF Research says 1,300 households moved out of the county between January and March, while monthly rents stabilized from their level at the end of 2000.

  • Summit Properties Wins Pillars Award

    CHARLOTTE-The National Association of Home Builders cited the locally based company's nine-story, 266-unit Summit Grandview as one of the country's best mid-rise or high-rise apartrment projects.

  • Strategic Associates Moves to Stratum Executive Center

    AUSTIN-Strategic Associates, a high-tech recruiting agency, has relocated from the far north submarket to the city's northwest corridor. The 13-year-old firm has signed a five-year deal for Stratum Executive Center.

  • Lucent to Cut 1,000 Jobs, May Eventually Consolidate Facilities

    NORTH ANDOVER, MA-Lucent Technologies, the New Jersey-based telecommunications company, plans to cut 1,000 jobs in this state. While the company intends to keep all facilities in this state open, some consolidation might eventually occur.

  • Design for $335-Mil Stadium Hits Snags

    PHOENIX-The roof, the grass and the water are all presenting problems for designs of the new $335-million stadium for the Arizona Cardinals, which is causing some delays and could further crunch the already tight construction timeline.

  • Fair Will Survive One More Year at Old Site

    RARITAN TWP., NJ-After a 145-year run at the old Flemington Fairgrounds, the Hunterdon County will apparently do one more encore before developers move in and construct a 550,000 sf shopping center.

  • Biograph Theater Pushed for Landmark Status

    CHICAGO-The Biograph Theater, scene of John Dillinger's last picture show, is pushed for landmark status by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. The Lincoln Park area continues to see residential and commercial redevelopment.

  • Investment Group Pays $18.5 Mil for Office Building

    COSTA MESA, CA-Hudson Properties will renovate the 143,000-sf office property and then lease it.

  • Employment Dept. to Reoccupy Offices This Week

    PORTLAND-Harsch Investment Properties' Kathleen Schultz tells GlobeSt says the state never needed to vacate the building, that the mold problem was cleaned up before long before they did move out, and that a permanent fix was completed Friday.