Globest Sectors

LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ-Seller Romar Investors gets the full asking price for a five-building, 23,691-sf development in a submarket that is running counter-cyclical to the rest of the metro. The fully leased buy comes with a lease rollover of two to five years.

DENVER-Angry over what it says is lax enforcement of city rules requiring union labor on current construction sites, the Colorado Building Trades Council wants to put a referendum on next November's ballot that would ask voters to decide whether there should be a new convention hotel in Denver.

AURORA-The new municipal center, besides being three times the size of the old one, is an anchor of the city's Downtown and "civic campus.

PHILADELPHIA-In relinquishing his post as president of the locally based,

LOS ANGELES-The Modesti family, which has operated on the site for 30 years, sells one corner property and moves to another. Several offers surfaced for the prime corner, but the winner was Peretz Properties of LA.

PHOENIX-Mike Kumelski of Trammell Crow Co. is one of 10 nationwide selected for the national advisory board of ICSC's "Next Generation Program." The program will be rolled out at the May convention in Las Vegas.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA-The firm is adding two new retail centers to its portfolio with the $31 million purchase of South Valley Shopping Center and Mount Vernon Plaza from separate owners. The adjacent properties account for 213,000 sf and 257,000 sf, respectively.

TEMPE, AZ-The firm didn't have to roam far to find the expansion space that it needed. The five-year lease covers 40,000 sf in a building just 150 yards away from its old address. Expansion room, freeway exposure and aggressive pricing close the deal.