MINNETONKA, MN-The REIT's fourth quarter sales were $697,113, up 43%. Shareholders will get a dividend of nearly 17 cents per share.

PLYMOUTH, MN-The leather retailer has already announced plans to close up to 78 stores by the end of this month. Approximately 1,000 jobs will be eliminated.

MINNETONKA, MN-Owner JLT Group wants the Cushman & Wakefield affiliate to market the 70,700-sf office building.

ST. PAUL-Stadium panel likes bids from St. Paul and Minneapolis for baseball ballpark, and favors Blaine or Eden Prairie for a new football stadium.

EDINA, MN-The 5,400-sf jewelry store is expected to open in this upscale center by this summer. Current tenant Bockstruck Jewelers is in the process of closing its location there.

MINNETONKA, MN-The 15-year industry veteran, previously with the Shelard Group, will work for the commercial real estate company's office brokerage team.

MINNEAPOLIS-The women's commercial real estate organization also named its other top officers for 2004.

APPLE VALLEY, MN-A proposal in Gov. Tim Pawlenty's 2004 bonding bill would add a new outdoor exhibit, plus money for facility renovations.