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.

CHICAGO- Nation's largest office REIT is named by Business Week magazine as among the top companies in e-business.

HOUSTON-Weingarten Realty Investors, a Houston-based REIT, will develop a 370,000-sf shopping center in Shreveport, LA. The University Place project is being anchored by a 175,000-sf SuperTarget.

TRENTON-A proposal by the governor would help developers who stick to the state's growth management game plan.