SEATTLE- Salomon Smith Barney has upgraded locally based Shurgard Storage Centers, a real estate investment trust specializing in self-storage facilities, to outperform from neutral. The company's stock price is flirting with a three-year high.

ORLANDO-Chicago-based APCOA/Standard Parking, one of the country's largest parking garage managers, doesn't want to handle the job at Orlando International Airport after September when its current contract expires. The contract's value was not disclosed.

DELRAN, NJ-The REIT moves one of its only two multifamily residential assets and plan to re-deploy the proceeds into office properties in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.

TROY, MI-New Home Depot stores here and in Orion Township will provide a retail niche for do-it-yourself builders with 120,000-sf outlets. Both donated money to local youth groups upon opening their doors.