To qualify for historic tax credits, construction needs to begin before Dec. 31. Spieker will build about 400,000 square feet of speculative office and research and development buildings. Rick Sparks and Nick Psyllos of CB Commercial represented seller University Technology Center while Brent Wright and Rob Hixson represented Spieker. Grosvenor deserves some kind of award for dogged determination in trying to make the project happen. CEO Jerry Englert , who also has operations in Brentwood, Tenn., Clarksburg, W.VA, and Denvers, Mass., says the San Diego Economic Development Corp . helped with the decision to expand here by finding sources of qualified employees.
Completion is slated for year's end.
A contract for the work should be awarded this month. Orange County political columnist Hugh Hewitt pegs Mayor Golding as a 10-1 shot to make the Republican U.S. Senate primary and face off against the Democrat incumbent, Barbara Boxer . Hewitt also says that if the two congressmen both stay in the race, they could cancel each other out and open the door for a Golding victory. The Mission Valley company originated nearly 1,400 loans in 1996, a 60-percent increase from the previous year. Most Harbor Club residents select their homes for a particular view of the ocean, mountains or San Diego Bay.