HOUSTON-Ted Bauer, co-founder of AIM Management Group, is this year's 2001 Houston Metropolitan Study Award recipient. Among his contributions has been a $40-million donation to the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business.

DENVER-Lockheed Martin has shelled out about $3.7 million for a 464-acre tract positioned in the heart of its 4,700 holding near Waterton Canyon. The acreage is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

WESTWOOD, MA-Lids Corp., the locally based hat retailer that filed for bankruptcy protection this past January, closes 95 stores, four of them in Massachusetts. Officials say the closures are part of a restructuring effort.

KENT, WA-The eight-building, 735,000-sf CenterPoint campus at 20415 72nd Avenue S. was built in 1987 as Boeing Space Center East. Amenities include a 10,000-sf childcare center, a 3,500-sf athletic center, and a 160-seat, state of the art conference center.