Globest Sectors

LAWRENCE, MA-Eduardo Lozano has developed a master plan for this city, located 30 miles north of Boston. He would like to see its mill space converted to a center for high-tech companies and a technology training center.

WARREN, MI-A former tank factory, measuring more than 1 million sf, is on the verge of beginning a new life as a home to automotive suppliers and manufacturers, according to its redeveloper.

CHARLOTTE-The city owns and controls the 3.3-acre old convention center site that has been in limbo since the new convention center opened in 1995.

LINCOLNTON, NC-This North Carolina sector, some 40 miles northwest of Charlotte, is flourishing these days by giving tax breaks to new or expanding companies.

RALEIGH, NC-The region around Cary, NC, just west of Raleigh, has become one of the fastest growing office submarkets in the Triangle.

NEWHALL, CA-Curtain is raised on restored theater, which local officials hope will ignite more development and redevelopment in their quaint but tired central business district.

DALLAS-Realty Capital has signed Kennedy-Wilson as its exclusive leasing agent for a 35,000-sf spec office project in Plano. The two-story building will come to market in August 2001.

HOUSTON-Camden Property Trust expects to end the year on a high note, based on results from the third quarter. The FFO's up; revenues are too and so are occupancies--all positive signs that the tide is turning.