Globest Sectors

FAIRFIELD, NJ-The solid economy has sent prices sky-high, and if the year ahead turns out to be one of leveling growth or even a downturn, some of the players could move on, according to one report.

ORLANDO-Prudential Real Estate Investors and Heller Financial get $47 million for the 15-story, 393-room property, one of the first non-Disney-owned hotels to be built at the Lake Buena Vista, FL attraction in 1972.

HOUSTON-A First Industrial property has eased the immediacy for an ecological paper container company that needed space and move-in capability ASAP. The contract's signed and the 10,869 sf is now ready for Ecotainer.

SEATTLE, WA-The central business district was hardest hit, with 47% of the total within its borders. Then again, says Colliers, there are currently tenants looking for 1.3 million sf in Seattle within the next six to 12 months.

KANSAS CITY-Rezoning of the Central Industrial District for lofts is met with opposition. However, other property owners favor plans by 3rd Millennium Developers to develop 34 lofts in a used tire warehouse.

BURNSVILLE, MN-Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology has signed 11,000 sf lease in a 52,000-sf office building being built here by Kellison Co. An attraction is the building's proximity to Fairview Ridges Hospital.

TURLOCK, CA-Dave Davis, chief financial officer for the publicly traded document management company, describes the sale of the 100,000-sf facility and an adjacent, vacant parcel as simply "the conversion of an underutilized asset to cash.

SAN FRANCISCO-Greenwich Capital Markets has hired executives from Merrill Lynch and Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette to bolster its San Francisco operations. "Our clients will continue to have seasoned professionals offering the most innovative solutions," says Greenwich managing director Ryan Mullaney.