• Coastal Approvals Kick Off North Embarcadero Plan

    SAN DIEGO-The California Coastal Commission has approved plans to site the aircraft carrier USS Midway on the Downtown bayfront and blessed plans for a 600-room hotel at the foot of Broadway.

  • Slowdown Hasn't Dampened Worldwide Office Demand

    BOSTON-Colliers International, based here, says that despite the continuing volatility on Wall Street and the fears of a weakening US economy, the demand for commercial office space in major cities around the world remains strong.

  • Gables Residential Garners Two Pillars

    ATLANTA-The National Association of Home Builders cited the locally based multifamily developer for its 435-unit Gables Metropolitan community in Atlanta and Gables Palma Vista in West Boca Raton, FL.

  • Georgia Tech's $58 Mil Sci-Tech Building Shooting for Summer 2002 Completion

    ATLANTA-The Atlanta office of St. Louis-based Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. designed the 287,000-sf Ford Motor Co. Environmental Science and Technology Building, the largest on the campus.

  • Cawley Wilcox Honors Year's Best

    DALLAS-Cawley Wilcox Cos., the newly formed umbrella for three veteran companies in the region, has given out its form of the "Oscar" to last year's top producers in its first joint presentation. Greg Lance and Buddy Tompkins snag top spots for their respective companies.

  • Loeb Partners Group Wants More Say in Milestone Properties

    BOCA RATON, FL-In a move to increase shareholder value, a group led by the New York-based securities broker-dealer proposes alternative courses of action for the management and operation of the locally based commercial real estate property company headquartered 42 miles north of Miami.

  • Hughes Supply Suffers First Quarterly Loss in 10 Years

    ORLANDO-The publicly traded wholesaler of construction and industrial supplies lost $9.1 million or 39 cents a diluted share in its fourth fiscal quarter ended Jan. 26.

  • Vacancy Rates Rise Slightly in Westchester

    STAMFORD, CT-CB Richard Ellis officials say that the Westchester County office market continues to post strong results, although its overall office vacancy rate rose slightly in the last three months.

  • Chicago Title Lands Prominent Industry Figure

    DALLAS-A high-profile title insurance figure has joined forces with Chicago Title, which is eyeing changes in its southwest commercial operations. Ted H. Darby, formerly of American Financial Title, is the firm's new vice president.

  • Bentall Sells Issaquah Project for $40 Mil

    ISSAQUAH, WA-The two-building, 197,000-sf Sammamish Park Palce was acquired by Schnitzer Northwest LLC, a subsidiary of Portland-based Schnitzer Investment Corp. that recently picked up an entire downtown block in Bellevue near Meydenbauer Center.