Globest Sectors

ST. PAUL-After looking elsewhere in the Twin Cities, the public radio network will buy a nearby building and connect it to its current headquarters creating a new 150,000-sf complex.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Amgen Inc. moves into an eight-story, 285,000-sf laboratory and research facility here in the heart of the city's biotech center. This is the company's first foray into the area.

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ-The township wants to bolster its non-commercial uses and has hired a top engineering firm to analyze the situation and make recommendations.

ARLINGTON, MA-This town is taking a regional approach to development in the area by asking neighboring Belmont and Cambridge to join it in a tri-community development district. Similar districts have been established in other areas of eastern Massachusetts.

ORLANDO-Five days after a 40,000-sf store mysteriously burned to the ground in south Orlando, fire department investigators continue to probe and analyze the debris for clues that may show the pre-dawn blaze was purposely set.

BRANCHBURG, NJ-Branchburg II, targeting office/warehouse and high-tech users, will be the second facility at Murray Corporate Center in this Somerset County community.

ROSEVILLE, MN-Staubach Co. represents the retailer in the deal, which includes a signature in-store waterfall, soft woods, natural stone and ambient lighting in the 5,709-sf space's interior design.

DENVER-While admitting "uncertainty for the remainder of 2001 and for 2002," Apartment Investment and Management Co. says it expects third-quarter funds from operations to be up 5.7%.