AMERICAN CANYON, CA-Barry Callebaut, the Switzerland-based owner of Brach's candies and a major supplier of chocolate to the confectionery industry, subleases three quarters of an existing 200,000-sf building in the Green Island Industrial Park here for its first West Coast distribution plant.

SWINDON, ENGLAND-Acquired by the Capital and Income Trust Group of Companies, the two-level shopping center comprises 550,000 sf and can grow by an additional 355,000 sf.

SWINDON, ENGLAND-Acquired by the Capital and Income Trust Group of Companies, the two-level shopping center comprises 550,000 sf and can grow by an additional 355,000 sf.

SEATTLE-An owner of about 60 acres in the South Lake Union area, the primary investment vehicle of billionaire Paul Allen, makes the largest private contribution to a public park in the city's history.

SACRAMENTO-Having submitted bids before this week's deadline, several California cities are officially in the hunt for the headquarters of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, a new entity created to dispense $3 billion in stem cell research money approved by voters under Proposition 71 in November.

TETIAROA, FRENCH POLYNESIA-Resort owner Tahiti Beachcomber SA plans to develop an eco-hotel on this atoll in cooperation with the estate of the late Marlon Brando, which owns the 12-island area protected by a coral reef. The previous hotel closed when Brando died last year.

STOCKHOLM-The independent Nordic investment bank says it intends to raise SEK$1,000 million (US$147 million) and that initial institutional investors have subscribed for 40% of the total.

STOCKHOLM-The independent Nordic investment bank says it intends to raise SEK$1,000 million (US$147 million) and that initial institutional investors have subscribed for 40% of the total.