Globest Sectors

WASHINGTON, DC-This five-year-long construction budget was originally supposed to cost $756 million, but it has run $48 million more than projected.

ARLINGTON, VA-Hilton affiliate looks for places to expand operations in Washington metro area.

PRINCETON, NJ-$7 billion all-stock deal is all about demographics and market potential.

ORLANDO-The California computer maker's federal court lawsuit alleges locally-based Dacanay Consulting and two Clearwater, FL companies resold counterfeit software.

CHICAGO- The nation's largest industrial REIT has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its huge 50-property, Long Island portfolio to an undisclosed buyer. The trust says its eight-market, nationwide disposition plan continues to move forward.

ORLANDO-In an exclusive interview with GlobeSt.com, Orlando developer George D. Livingston, president of the Paris-based International Real Estate Federation, representing 1.5 million professionals in 50 countries, says so-called smart-growth policies "lead to economic advantages and political gains for the few.

SEATTLE-The new center, to serve as a subpolice station among other things, will be opened around the clock, helping to reduce crime and make the area more attractive to shoppers and businesses.

ORLANDO-The host of TV's Bill Nye the Science Guy charged the theme park company illegally used his likeness on attractions at Epcot at Lake Buena Vista, FL. Disney denied the allegations. The suit sought $500,000. Settlement terms weren't disclosed.