STAMFORD, CT-A chief official with a major commercial office building owner in metro New York has vehemently denied charges that it engaged in an illegal firing and intimidation of some of its janitorial staff while a janitorial strike moves into its third week in Fairfield County.

JOLIET, IL-CenterPoint REIT execs say they are getting strong interest for the $1 billion Joliet Arsenal redevelopment, one of the nation's premier industrial projects. The COO says the trust is in negotiations to locate a large power plant at the 2,242-acre site, while up to four million-sf of industrial space are also in serious negotiation.

ORLANDO-Greg Hughes' Chesapeake Logistics Inc. of Tampa, FL is paying $31 million for the assets of 500,000-sf Mid-Florida Freezer Warehouses Ltd. in Port Canaveral, 60 miles east of Downtown. Mid-Florida Freezer officials concealed from Federal inspectors and later sold contaminated drums of fruit juice over a 30-year period, the government charged.

DENVER-In an expansion into seven markets, the Los Angeles-based House of Blues is heading to Denver. Also being ticketed for new blues houses are Dallas, San Diego, San Jose, CA., Anaheim, CA., Austin and Kansas City, MO.