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ORLANDO-In what will probably amount to being the public relations coup of the year in Florida commercial real estate circles, the Chicago entrepreneur's Equity Residential Properties Trust is offering discounts with a potential value of $1,100 a year at 31,000 company units in nine cities.
AUSTIN-Sun Microsystems isn't pulling out of Austin, but is reviewing its office needs. The decision could put 107,000 sf of under-construction space at Parmer Business Park onto the city's sublease roster. Sun has tested the waters for sublease takers, its broker confirms.
PONTIAC, MI-Marketing communications firm Ideas & Images moves into remodeled offices along M-59, near the Downtown area. The company moved from a 1,000-sf office in the Oakland Town Center to 2,300 sf at 22 W. Huron.
CAMBRIDGE, MA-Zentropy Partners relocates its headquarters from here to New York. The Internet consulting company currently leases space at 1 Cambridge Center but it is unclear whether the company plans to sublet the space.
ALISO VIEJO, CA-Locally based Shea Properties has begun grading on a 277-unit multifamily project in Santa Rosa. The $44-million Acacia on Santa Rosa Creek is slated for completion in the fall of 2002.
DENVER-A 2,209-sf, mixed-use building in the hot Highland neighborhood north of Downtown sells for $351,000, about 20% less than the going rate for property in that area despite a diverse group of bidders.
ST. PAUL, MN-High property tax rates and neighborhood resistance are among factors blamed for the lack of multifamily housing. Legislators are looking at major property-tax reform that could address the issue.
ORLANDO-After picking up a prime 2,500-acre parcel for an estimated 42 cents per sf last year, Florida developer Bobby Ginn is scheduled to start construction in June on the first of three 18-hole championship-caliber golf courses at his mixed-use Reunion Resort & Club venture.
WATERTOWN, MA-Harvard University's recent purchase of the Arsenal office project here angers local officials as the town stands to lose out on millions of dollars in annual tax revenues because of the university's tax-exempt status.