SCOTTSDALE, AZ-By year's end, Houston-based Hines will be coming out of the ground on the 100,000-sf first phase of a 300,000-sf office project in north Scottsdale. Regus Business Centers will have the keys when the building's done in late 2002.

AURORA, CO-The US Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration provides a $720,000 grant to the city to help the Sand Creek Parkway provide better access to a potential $4.2-billion redevelopment.

CHICAGO-While a multifamily boom continues unabated in and around Downtown, Equity Residential Properties Trust president and CEO Douglas Crocker II sees a dark cloud of oversupply on the horizon.

BOSTON-The state's Executive Office of Environmental Affairs unveils a new policy in its land conservation efforts that will focus on large tracts in more remote locations rather than smaller parcels in urban or suburban areas.