Retail

DENVER-Retail contract extensions proposed by current Mayor Webb for concessions at DIA may be reviewed by Mayor-elect Hickenlooper. City Council will discuss the extension issue in a meeting on Tuesday.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Frederick J. Stemmler of Hopkins Real Estate Group is named division alliance co-chair for 2003-04 by the International Council of Shopping Centers. He gets the Western US as his territory.

DETROIT-A new $9.1 million center, funded by Ford, will feature theater rooms, galleries and auditoriums for learning and exhibits.

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.