• B2B Petrocosm Adds 19,000 SF to 50,000-SF Corporate Site

    HOUSTON-A Houston-based B2B is on the move instead of retreating like many dot-coms. Petrocosm has added 19,000 sf to its 50,000-sf corporate headquarters at Briar Lake Plaza in a freshly signed 10-year pact.

  • Summit Bancorp Gets Out of the Trust Business

    HACKENSACK, NJ-The banker, which is in the late stages of being acquired by Fleet Bank, follows the latter's lead by divesting its corporate trust arm. Bank of New York is the buyer.

  • City Fathers Give Proposed Ballpark Green Light

    SAN DIEGO-City leaders unanimously reaffirmed a series of agreements needed to build a Downtown Padres ballpark, effectively resurrecting the effort to develop the massive project.

  • OCP Hires New Director of Business Attraction

    GOSHEN, NY-Although the Orange County Partnership is still looking to replace its outgoing president, the organization announces that it has hired Maureen Halahan as its director of business attraction.

  • Brannan Street Property Hits the Market for $22 Million

    SAN FRANCISCO-LNR Property Corp. and its parent company Lennar Corp. purchased the property in 1999 for $15.2 million. The site is fully entitled for 187 market-rate residential units and 51 below-market residential units.

  • Sonic America's Drive-In Increasing Local Presence

    KANSAS CITY-The Clearwater, FL-based fast-food restaurant chain opens two new locations and purchases three existing Checkers in the market. The two new locations are in southern Johnson County.

  • Transworld Properties Buys Rice University 145-Unit Multifamily Complex

    HOUSTON-A 145-unit apartment complex at Rice University has found a new owner in acquisition partners Transworld Properties and Allied Realty Services. The buyout team has secured title to a top holding near the high-traffic Loop 610.

  • InfoSpace May Leave Pier 70 Offices

    SEATTLE, WA-The 87,555-sf space came with the company's acquisition of Go2Net last fall. The company is now considering vacating that site and consolidating offices, but only if it can find a tenant. About 1.3 million sf of sublease space is said to be on the market.

  • Stream International Expands Its Headquarters

    CANTON, MA-This area's commercial potential is demonstrated by Stream International's expansion of its worldwide corporate headquarters here. Stream now leases an 80,000-sf building. The company is an international service provider of e-technology.

  • Newmark Homes Considers Merger with Engle Homes Parent

    BOCA RATON, FL-The deal would marry a Boca-based homebuilder that produced $884 million in revenue and delivered 3,573 homes over the 12 months ended Oct. 31, 2000, with a Houston-area homebuilder that produced revenue of $641 million and delivered 2,499 homes over the 12 months ended Dec. 31.