Responsibility for Meridian Campus lies with Michael Massoth,the general manager who was packaged into the deal when MeridianCampus was purchased by Hong Kong-based Vicwood Development Corp.in January 1999. A spokesperson for Massoth's office sayscommercial sales have been so strong that the company recentlyasked the City of Lacey to reduce the size of a buffer to help meetanticipated demand.

One of the two outside brokers hawking Meridian property isVanessa Herzog with the Tacoma office of Kidder Mathews &Segner. While she says the aftermath of 9/11 affected leasingefforts of some developers, Herzog adds, "We did not lose anysales, and projects' moving forward were not affected."

Of the original 271 acres slated for commercial development,Herzog says 98 have been sold. The remaining 175, going at $4 persf to $5 per sf, are split between 97 acres in Meridian'sindustrial section and 78 acres in its business park.