Industrial

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.

CHARLOTTE-This Durham, NC company didn't have to put out bids for a materials contractor to build its new $3.2 million, 4,240-sf plant at 325 E. Hebron St. here. Unicon Concrete is using its own product.

MINNEAPOLIS-11,500-sf building to go up on cleaned-up Minneapolis salvage yard.

HOUSTON-An investment group led by Vista Equities Group has purchased a

EUGENE, OR-Guard Publishing Co., which owns the Eugene Register-Guard newspaper, wants to develop the Summer Oaks Business Park on 20 acres next to its newspaper office on Chad Drive.

ORLANDO-The local firm's planned Fruit2Trade operation in January will provide software for the 98-year-old European produce operator. The deal's value was not disclosed.

SAN DIEGO-A golf club manufacturer based in Bay Area is searching for a new home in North County, where many of its competitors are already located.

LOS ANGELES-The two dot-coms will jointly offer 'fast-track' commercial sales and loan closings over the Internet.