RALEIGH, NC-Vacancy rates in Downtown Raleigh have been dropping for several years from 13% in 1998 to the current level of 3% to 5%. Most demand is for class A space.

CHARLOTTE-Locally based Trinity Partners hosts a party to alert brokers and tenants the space will be available in the 24-story, 460,000-sf, 100%-leased Carillon Building owned by San Francisco-based Shorenstein Realty Services.

WINTON, NC-The Palm Beach Garden, FL-based developer/manager of security facilities has a potential $327 million contract from the Department of Justice for three years and seven one-year renewal options. Winton is 180 miles northeast of Downtown Charlotte.

DURHAM, NC-Occupancy rates dip due to heavy construction, but prices of buildings continue to escalate even though rents are expected to soften, CB Richard Ellis Inc. broker Mac Alexander tells GlobeSt.com.

GREENSBORO, NC-University of North Carolina's Andrew Brod tells GlobeSt.com the lag only reflects somewhat slower growth while public perception is also a factor.

CHARLOTTE-Lincoln Harris Co. is banking on class A space seekers who can think out of the box. The firm leases up 41,000-sf Boxer Building within a year at below-market asking rents of $20 per sf.

GREENSBORO, NC-University of North Carolina's Andrew Brod tells GlobeSt.com the lag only reflects somewhat slower growth while public perception is also a factor.

COLUMBIA, SC-The South Carolina brokerage firm is looking for more search and marketing avenues from its new affiliate's technological know-how.