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MINNEAPOLIS-Planning alliances between areas are one way to go, says Eden Prairie, MN Mayor Jean Harris. Inner cities and inner-ring suburbs in general are "better off than people think they are," adds William H. Hudnut III, former mayor of Indianapolis.

SEATTLE-One of British Columbia's largest commercial developers used a regional networking event of corporate real estate executives to announce development of Tech-Park, a 2.5-million-sf project labeled the first fully integrated, power smart high-tech business park in North America.

NEW YORK CITY-Over the weekend NAR accepted a bid for a local chapter, which may spur a future MLS. REBNY, the three largest residential firms here and the Downtown Brokers Association are also starting listing initiatives.

LOS ANGELES-Pivotal Century Plaza Hotel LLC spends $70 million on the Century Plaza Hotel and another $40 million Saint Regis, neighboring hotels fronting the Avenue of the Stars. "We have created an urban resort," says company founder Francis Najafi.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-A Burbank-based real estate syndicate pays $11.1 million for 103,789-sf industrial complex in Placentia, the latest sign that investors are still bullish about the region even as the national economy slows.

LONDON-The foot and mouth crisis, which has already ravaged many rural economies, is set to hit the UK hotel market.

MONROE TWP., NJ-The latest transaction brings the Carnbury, NJ-based developer/owner's industrial activity to the three million-sf mark, all of it in Central New Jersey's Exit 8A submarket.

LONDON-The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has cleared the way for the creation of a new Docklands office district to rival Canary Wharf.