HOUSTON-The Viva Cinema in PlazAmericas Shopping Center here says that it was forced to shut its doors due to competition from a nearby AMC theater.

PHOENIX-A new study by CoStar reports that retail space demand in Phoenix has grown 2% thus far in 2013, the top rate in the country.

MERRIFIELD, VA-Exxon Mobil, which is planning to eventually sell its 117-acre campus here, is marketing the property for lease to make it more attractive to potential buyers.

TRENTON, NJ-Businesses in the Garden State are more confident now than any other period since the recession, says the New Jersey Business & Industry Association.

PHILADELPHIA-With the recent completion of its $60-million Bakers Centre shopping center at the former Tasty Baking site here, the developer, Metro Development, is now looking to begin redeveloping the former Tasty Baking factory.

CHARLOTTE-Locally-based real estate firm Lincoln Harris is in contract to acquire property on the eastern half of the former Maersk parcel in SouthPark here for a major new office project.

MIAMI-An investment group led by soccer superstar David Beckham has asked Miami-Dade to consider PortMiami as the site for its proposed soccer stadium.

GLENVIEW, IL-Scottsdale, AZ-based Globe Corp. has acquired the Anixter International Inc. headquarters for a reported price of $26.2 million.