SAN DIEGO-Shidler paid $1.7 million for the two-building complex and plans to spend $2 million to convert in into a biotechnology facility. Right after the sale it signed a biotech research firm to a $5.4 million, seven-year lease.

IRVINE, CA-Samsung Electronics America Inc. takes 51,263 sf at the Park Place Office Campus for five years. Samsung is the second tenant to take space at the office complex in the past month.

NORTH ANDOVER, MA-Lucent Technologies is planning to use contract manufacturers for a large part of its Merrimack Valley operation. The plan involves outsourcing approximately 1,800 jobs. The fate of the facility here is still unclear.

ARLINGTON, TX-A Pennsylvania auto glass company and a Houston-based ice cream company have setup their first distribution centers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. The Great Southwest deals also brings an expansion for an Arlington packaging company.