BOSTON-A judge rules that the city administration was justified in not allowing the South Boston Betterment Trust to develop housing on city-owned land. The case was politically charged because of a recent scandal.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA-Loehmann's Real Estate Holdings Inc. has signed a 10-year lease for 26,183 sf of retail space in the Center at Rancho Niguel.

ORLANDO-Harris Rosen, the former Walt Disney Co. executive who became Central Florida's largest independent innkeeper, suggests a private group could pay off team billionaire owner Richard DeVos; retrofit the existing arena for $75 million; and then sell the team as a franchised asset.

LANSING, MI-State Sen. Gary Peters opposes the move, trying unsuccessfully to ban directional drilling under the Great Lakes, on shore land and lake bottom for exploration of oil and gas.