WASHINGTON, DC-The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended certain rules about stock buybacks, and at least one real estate company in this region -- Mills Corp. -- have said they now plan to buy back some of their stock. Another company--Corporate Office Properties Trust--sold shares on last Friday.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Jacksonville, Fla.-based company acquired the 118,300-sf space from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. for an undisclosed sum. The building is 99 percent leased.

BETHESDA, MD-This research firm has played an important role providing data to hundreds of clients in Manhattan that are trying to replace some of the millions of square feet of real estate lost in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center twin towers on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC-The rise is seasonally adjusted. On an unadjusted basis, the measure declined 22.7%, but was up 76.7% compared with the same week a year ago.

ARLINGTON, VA-The second phase of Warwick House, a 533-unit complex in Crystal City is at 17 stories, and expected to be complete and occupied by June 2002. Phase one, with 18 stories, was completed in May 2000.

HERNDON, VA-Tishman Speyer Properties, said Global One will take space in South Pointe II, a 159,000-sf space. Just last week, the real estate firm announced that VeriSign was taking a whole building in the same complex where Global One will be located.

HERNDON, VA-The technology company has leased 81,224 sf at Park West at Dulles Corner, a recent Prentiss acquisition. With this lease, the 151,748-sf building is now 100% leased.HERNDON, VA-The technology company has leased 81,224 sf at Park West at Dulles Corner, a recent Prentiss acquisition. With this lease, the 151,748-sf building is now 100% leased.

WASHINGTON, DC-In a region dominated by government-owned or leased real estate, players say the market will never be the same because of the extraordinary safety measures taken after Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York.