Retail

SAN DIEGO-Gil Johnson and Jennifer LeSar were sworn in Wednesday by San Diego City Clerk Charles Abdelnour to new three-year terms on the Centre City Redevelopment Corp. Board. Mayor Dick Murphy recently reappointed the returning board members.

PORTLAND-The owners of a health club currently in the basement of the Governor Hotel have signed a lease that commences next spring for the first two floors of the three-story historic structure at Southwest 11th Avenue and Washington Street in Downtown Portland.

LONDON-Formula One motor racing tycoon Bernie Ecclestone has emerged as a major financial backer for the pounds 550 million ($880 million) Tchenguiz bid for the Selfridges department store chain.

CASSELBERRY, FL-Southern Management & Development LP of Boca Raton, FL paid $6.1 million or $62.64 per sf for the 29-year-old, 97,376-sf shopping center at 944 E. State Road 436 in suburban Orlando.

ATLANTA-After 12 months of searching for an all-star retail roster to occupy its planned 1.4 million-sf site at the open-air mall in Forsyth Center, the developer tells local government officials that the project may be delayed beyond the scheduled 2006 opening date.

DALLAS-The stack of deals range from 1,271 sf to 8,000 sf for properties as far north as Frisco to as far south as Temple, the newest location for close-out retailer Tuesday Morning. Regency Centers closes four in the stack for DFW properties.

FLAGLER BEACH, FL-The one-year-old, Las Vegas-based entrepreneur is paying Flagler Beach, FL owner Rosemary Williams Hardman no hard cash in the $500,000 acquisition of her trademarked pet business on 5.47 acres at 711 John Anderson Highway. The buyer is giving the seller a promissory note for $200,000 and company stock valued at $300,000.

JERSEY CITY-Xtra, a specialty grocery chain, is set to take over the 50,000-sf store vacated by CitiMarkets in this city's Martin Luther King Drive Hub, a redevelopment project.