WASHINGTON, DC—With properties including the Dallas Infomart, the combined company under the aegis of ASB Real Estate Investments will manage a 2.2-million-square-foot, 100-megawatt portfolio.

LOS ANGELES—The strengthening was evident across the board, with all property types seeing “notably improved demand trends,” says economist Jon Southard at CBRE. That showed up in pricing as well.

NEW YORK CITY—“Every occupancy level for various types of commercial real estate is experiencing better and better quarters,” Marcus &amp; Millichap's chief strategy officer said in a recent segment of Bloomberg's <i>Street Smart</i>.

FORT WORTH—The agreement announced Friday with Standard General LP and others may result in the lenders gaining control of up to 80% of the electronics retailer's stock.

NEW YORK CITY—September's Labor Department report marked only the fifth time in the past decade that office-using employment increased by more than 100,000 in a month, writes C&amp;W's Ken McCarthy.

NEW YORK CITY—The secondary fund, which will invest in real estate and other sectors, is the first to be raised since Blackstone acquired the platform from Credit Suisse in 2013.

NEW YORK CITY—A Clarion Partners report says the growth in financial services employment hasn't been here or in San Francisco, but in markets such as Dallas, Salt Lake City and Nashville.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL—Proceeds from the sale and other sources will give the retailer about $1.4 billion of liquidity in fiscal 2014 as it works on turning around its fortunes.