Globest Sectors

BERKELEY TWP., NJ-The owner of Berkeley Plaza is preparing to launch an $8-million expansion (to almost 107,000 sf) and renovation that includes Shop Rite replacing a shuttered A&P as anchor tenant.

CHICAGO-Work has begun on redeveloping over 100 acres of the enormous former U.S. Steel South Works in Chicago. The site will be home to a new Solo Cup factory by 2004; a lakefront park is also under way nearby.

SAN ANTONIO-Spigel Properties, a recognized turnaround specialist, is working out the details for its newest acquisition, the Westlakes Mall in San Antonio. The property, anchored by Target, is shouldering a 50% occupancy.

MIAMI-The 61,200-sf building in West Palm Beach, FL, was sold to St. Anthony's Building Partnership, which plans either to convert the asset into a skating rink or lease it out as office or call-center space.

MIAMI-The Bloomfield Hills, MI-based REIT now owns 100% interest in the 1.3-million-sf value mall. The deal, valued at approximately $97 million, involved $94.5 million in debt and $2.3 million in peripheral property.

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA-Developer J.H. Snyder Co. obtains $41-million construction take-out loan for the recently completed, 240,000-sf retail and entertainment center. The lender was Sonnenblick-Eichner Co.

WEST ORANGE, NJ-The telecom giant's directory services operation will occupy just over one-third of one of the four buildings making up the Reckson Executive Hill Office Park.

TAUNTON, MA-New England Ice Cream Corp. acquires a 54,000-sf manufacturing/distribution facility for $3.4 million from Keller/Davis Co. New England Ice Cream currently has multiple locations and it will use the new building to consolidate its operations.