Globest Sectors

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.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Three recent deals include Computer Strategy Coordinators, Inc.'s renewal of 25,222 sf at Two Woodfield Lake, where space is offered at $23 per sf gross. Also, Stewart Title renews a 4,000-sf lease at 1515 E. Woodfield Rd.

LONDON-In its review of 2001, auctioneer Strettons says the market has improved since the terrorist attacks on the USA. It says that this gives the lie to press reports of falling prices.

HOUSTON-Four CB Richard Ellis brokers launch a tenant search for the flagship product in Panattoni Development's Beltway 8 Corporate Business Park. Panattoni is teaming with MetroNational on the 117-acre development.

GILBERT, MN-The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, a regional economic development agency, will help Eagan, MN-based Delta Dental Plan of Minnesota finance and build a permanent 10,000-sf facility.

FORT MYERS, FL-The Florida Forever Acquisition and Restoration Council has recommended the state purchase 10,000 acres of the Babcock Ranch and place another 34,000 acres under an environmental easement that would prevent future development. In return, the Babcock family would be allowed to develop 20,000 acres. Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Cabinet rule on the plan Jan. 29.