BOCA RATON, FL-General Cinema is closing an eight-screen theater complex here this weekend, as well as three other multiplexes in South Florida and 11 statewide. The facilities are in shopping centers whose owners face the growing national problem of filling large blocks of space that other film exhibitors don't seem to want.

BURLINGTON, MA-Made via a CMBS lender, the note provides financing for the owners of a self-storage facility.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The Internet hasn't killed walk-ins. Not yet, at any rate.

ORLANDO-GC Cos. of Chestnut Hill, MA, parent of General Cinema Theaters Inc., is shuttering four local properties today with a total 28 screens after apparently failing to find a buyer for the financially-strapped assets. The other theaters are in Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Plantation and Palm Beach Gardens.