PHOENIX-Rascals International will place a 300-seat comedy club in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Phoenix, the first of several such ventures the New Jersey-based entertainment company is planning with other hoteliers.

ORLANDO-A July 27 Massachusetts Superior Court decision that appears to favor property owners on the unlimited-access-to-buildings issue is boiling up again as BOMA and ALTS gear up for a new round of litigation.

BREA, CA-Privately held GK Investments of San Francisco acquires the 64,478-sf Park Lambert Business Center here from CT Realty Corp. The multitenant project is fully leased.

SALEM, OR-A change in plans for $10 million in bonds approved for the fairgrounds by the 2001 Legislature will result in an 8,000-seat pavilion where an unsafe grandstand now sits. The project is set for a ground breaking next year and completion in about two years.