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DEVELOPMENT

TerreMark Partners, Atlanta, announced an agreement with Vintage Development Group, Cleveland, to develop Chagrin River Walk, a 390,000-sq.-ft. mixed-use project in Willoughby (Cleveland), Ohio. Opening is planned for 2009…St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Sembler Co. will develop Cross-creek Village, an 81,000-sq.-ft. neighborhood center in St. Cloud, Fla. The center will be anchored by Publix.… CBL & Associates Properties, Chattanooga, Tenn., has announced the development of Cobblestone Village at Palm Coast, in Palm Coast, Fla., anchored by Belk and Lowe’s. The 278,000-sq.-ft. center will celebrate a grand opening in October.

PEOPLE

Melinda Burke, director of the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., will present the keynote address at the National Retail Tenants Association annual conference, Sept. 16-19, 2007, at the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson.… Cleveland’s Developers Diversified Realty has appointed David Oakes to the position of executive VP of finance and chief investment officer.… Los Angeles-based Westfield, LLC, the U.S. unit of the Westfield Group, has named Carlos Bernal senior VP, food concept leasing, and Robert Kinsey VP, restaurant leasing West.

MARKETING

Troy, N.Y.-based MapInfo has formed a partnership with MetroStudy to integrate MapInfo’s location intelligence solutions and MetroStudy’s primary-housing market information to provide users with greater insight into the fastest-growing markets in the United States.