Retail

WEYMOUTH, MA- Scotts LawnService, a division of Scotts Co., acquires The Lawn Company, marking the Ohio-based company's expansion into the Greater Boston area. The Lawn Company has three locations in the state--here and in South Dennis and in Sagamore Beach.

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA-Although the clothing retailer will close 27 locations over the current fiscal year, it also plans to open around 50 Wet Seal stores, 15 to 20 Arden B. stores and 10 to 15 Zutopia stores.

NEW ROCHELLE-Signature Bank and Webster Bank report they have expanded their operations into Westchester County and lower Fairfield County respectively.

HOLLYWOOD, CA-Under construction for more than three years, the 1.3-msf entertainment and retail space will serve as the new permanent home of the annual Academy Awards ceremony, set for March.

ESCONDIDO, CA-A San Diego-based construction management and consulting firm has completed a project for a golf improvement center here. The golf facilities market has been especially strong, with golf manufacturing and practice facilities proving to be particularly popular among developers.

TAVARES, FL-The six-story, $129 million, 450,000-sf Florida Hospital Waterman, going up in a city of 9,000 permanent residents 30 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando, is doubling land prices and forcing entrepreneurs to look hard for new developable land.

BOSTON-Modern Continental Enterprises removes Trammell Crow Co. from its position as exclusive leasing agent for Independence Wharf, the 335,000-sf office building located on Atlantic Avenue in the financial district, and gives the contract to Cushman & Wakefield.

SAN DIEGO-99 Cent Only Stores leased 16,200 sf of retail space in Clairemont Town Square for 10 years. 7-Eleven signed a 20-year lease for 28,444 sf in the Valhalla Village Retail Center in El Cajon.