The dot-com project is Santa Monica-based eToys Inc.'s sprawling, 762,000-sf warehouse and distribution facility in the Inland Empire community of Ontario. The online toy retailer was a Wall Street darling a year ago, but filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and announced plans to go out of business.

Brokers in the area say that fast-growing shoe manufacturer Skechers USA Inc. has agreed to take over the building, though neither eToys nor Skechers will confirm it. Two weeks ago, a Delaware judge overseeing the toy retailer's bankruptcy approved the sale of the equipment and furniture at the plant to Skechers for $835,000, but the sale did not involve the building itself.

Separately, in Burbank, Ford Motor Co. is stepping up its efforts to sell a prized 8.1-acre site next to the Golden State (5) Freeway for $15.5 million. Ford paid $12 million for the land, in the 700 block of Front Street, about three years ago.