LOS ANGELES-Report by Federal Reserve says industrial output rose in March for the first time in six months. Separately, a pension fund advisor pays $20 million for project in North LA County, one of the strongest industrial markets of all.

MOONACHIE, NJ-AMB Property has acquired three industrial-use buildings in the Meadowlands with a total of 134,197 sf. The purchase price was $7.8 million.

PORTLAND-The Port spent $84 million in bonds in 1976 to upgrade the Portland Shipyard and build Dry Dock 4, the largest of three boat repair facilities at the shipyard and the largest dry dock in the Western hemisphere.

NEW YORK CITY-Forget the word 'recession.' Manhattan's East Side is home to two big construction projects--a luxury condominium development at Beekman Place and a conference center at the historic Lincoln Building.