SAN PABLO, CA-Local developer Signature Properties is considering acquisition of the 38-acre El Portal retail shopping center, a 450,000-sf, 1970s-era complex that is 60% leased and ripe for redevelopment.

HOLMDEL, NJ-Already developing a mixed-use project on the former paper cup manufacturing site, the firm turns its attention to a shopping center across the highway--and buys that too.

NEW YORK CITY-Ann Gardner Kayman, senior vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corp., said at AREW's luncheon yesterday (Feb. 13) the once almost strictly industrial area is a burgeoning host of technology space.

SAN ANTONIO-A 27-year career draws to a close for USAA's president and CEO. Michael J.C. Roth is retiring and being replaced by a six-year vice president of sales and service. USAA controls more than $60 billion in assets worldwide.