NEW YORK CITY-A jolting study on real estate trends may finally provide perplexed industry-watchers with the answers they've been pining for. In an exclusive interview, its author explains his warts-and-all economic analysis.

RESTON, VA-Plaza America, the massive, four-tower office-and-retail complex here, will deliver its final two buildings early next year, one of which already is fully leased.

WASHINGTON, DC-A new survey shows that office markets have responded more quickly than expected to the country's economic woes. Overall office vacancies rose over the last six months, with high-tech areas taking brutal hits and occupancy rates expected to decline through year-end.

WASHINGTON, DC-A new survey shows that office markets have responded more quickly than expected to the country's economic woes. Overall office vacancies rose over the last six months, with high-tech areas taking brutal hits and occupancy rates expected to decline through year-end.

NEW YORK-The owners of an East Harlem nursery operating under a short-term lease for the last 14 years finally can stand on their own ground. The city has sold the 12,000 sf property to its longtime tenants, who now are planning major improvements to their business.