Globest Sectors

MINNEAPOLIS-The firm says its new offices in Dallas and Newport Beach, CA will serve a national client base and help attract new business in the housing, retail, commercial development, environments for aging, education and justice markets.

SAN DIEGO-The San Diego chapter of BOMA has elected its new board of directors. Cybele Thompson, RPA of PM Realty Group and general manager of the La Jolla Executive Tower, will serve her second term as president.

LOS ANGELES-National commercial real estate services firm Studley has completed an office relocation deal for Salomon Smith Barney and represented Charter Communications in a build-to-suit purchase of an office center.

SEATTLE, WA-Whether redeveloping, leasing or building to suit, Ruggerio paints a picture of a very active big-box market, but one where companies are paying close attention to the bottom line and staying lean when it comes to paying for space.

DENVER-Sage Hospitality Resources president, chief executive officer and co-founder Walter Isenberg replaces Coors Brewing Co. vice president of public affairs Al Timothy as chairman of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.

MINNEAPOLIS-One sign Pillsbury may be moving to the General Mills campus in Golden Valley is the company's recent decision to give up 130,000 sf in the 500,000-sf Pillsbury Center at 200 S. 6th St.

ORLANDO-The executive vice president for sales and travel operations at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts and his colleagues at the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, are racing the clock to rejuvenate the area's sagging hospitality industry.

SEATTLE, WA-Asking rents in the new South Lake Union building aren't what the developers originally envisioned, but Bryan Syrdal says they're workable and the building is attracting tenants. The first to sign is the Seattle bio-tech company, Zymogenetics.