SKOKIE, IL-A report from Alter Group says build-to-suit activity in the five-county market fell 23% in the second half of 2000 and the forecast is for a 15% drop in 2001. The first half was up 25%.

ST. CHARLES, MO-W.P. Carey & Co. LLC buys a former 38,500-sf AMC movie theatre in the Regency Square shopping center here for $6.5 million and plans to convert it to a 24 Hour Fitness center.

MARLBOROUGH, MA-StarGen relocates its headquarters to a 25,000 sf facility. The company needs the room to grow and preferred to stay in this town, which has acquired a reputation as a high tech center.

BELLINGHAM, WA-Georgia-Pacific is closing permanently the Bellingham pulp mill it has operated since 1963 but "temporarily" shut down in December. Washington State has lost approximately 5,000 timber jobs in the past five years.