GRAPEVINE, TX-Grapevine Mills makes an elite list of "good sports" that the Mills Corp. has ticketed in a teaming with ESPN. Come mid-2002, a state-of-the-art skatepark will launch at the Texas mega-mall, one of up to seven on Mills' drawing board.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL-The Birmingham, AL-based commercial mortgage banking firm is placing Karl D. Francetic in charge of its new St. Augustine, FL office, 100 miles north of Downtown Orlando.

DENVER-A record $62.2 million pours into Colorado casinos in July, breaking the old mark set one year ago by $2.2 million. The mountain town of Black Hawk books 69% of the state gaming revenues.

LOS ANGELES-The 155,992-sf industrial building has been leased by a third-party logistics firm. The Sacramento-based company has already occupied the facility, which is a new location for them. They will use the recently completed building to store bottles.