WASHINGTON, DC-MeriStar Hospitality Corporation posted strong results for the last quarter as well as the year 2000. Earnings improved 5.7% to $79.3 million while revenues increased 6.9% to $341.1 Mil with a 72.2% occupancy rate.

TRENTON-DiFrancesco shepherded the bill, which benefits "S" corporations, through the legislature with former Gov. Whitman's support, and in his new role gets to sign it into law. More tax cuts said to be on the way.

OAK BROOK, IL-The Great Lakes REIT saw its overall vacancy rate rise to 8.1% in the fourth quarter, up from 6.7%. One of the REIT's biggest occupancy problems is 148,514-sf Lisle Executive Center, 28% vacant.

HUNTERSVILLE, NC-Construction is under way on a 50,000-sf structure at Fenton Circle, a 9.7-acre business park located about 20 miles north of Downtown Charlotte. The structure is the second of three office properties planned by Charlotte-based Lord Baltimore Properties.