Globest Sectors

NEW YORK CITY-The two-bedroom units have about 1,500 sf of space. The building features such amenities as an outdoor sun terrace, 11th-floor roof garden and a children's playroom.

SECAUCUS, NJ-The NY-based publisher and distributor of children's books, including the highly successful Harry Potter series, will use the space as its new information services center. Grubb & Ellis brokers arranged the deal.

RICHARDSON, TX-The Renaissance Richardson, under construction since November 1999, has reached a milestone in its construction schedule, which is on track for a May 2001 opening. The hotel, John Q. Hammon's first Renaissance in Texas, has decided to start its 2001 dance card

REDMOND, OR-The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Central Oregon Irrigation District have published a notice of land exchange wherein the COID gets 254 acres here and the BLM gets 30 acres at Cline Falls on the Middle Deschutes River.

NEW YORK CITY-Last month alone approximately 1.8 million sf of space was leased or sold in just Manhattan in all of the market sectors. The majority of it was office space.

HUDSON, WS-Three Indian bands propose casino to help revive ailing track.

ATLANTA-The country's largest direct-mail marketing company will move its metro area processing center in April from its current 115,000 sf location in Fulton County to a 144,500-sf headquarters structure at Riverside Business Park.

FEDERAL WAY, WA-The buyers were Costco, which bought five acres, and an unnamed Beverly Hills-based family that purchased 12.89 acres - one of the local development's only remaining undeveloped parcels.