Leasing

MIAMI-The highest overall vacancy rate in the third quarter in the county, 11.9%, was experienced in the Medley submarket, followed by the Miami Airport submarket, with an 11.4% overall vacancy rate, according to a new Miami-Dade County industrial report by Codina Realty Services Inc. Oncor International.

HOUSTON-Transwestern Commercial Services wins the contracts for Westbridge One, a 103,835-sf, class A office building sold about three months ago. Three other brokerage houses were vying for the pacts to an 81%-leased structure on the west side of town.

SANTA ANA, CA-The 67-month deal is worth more than $2.8 million, or $4.60 per sf, for space in The Rockefeller Group's 300,000-sf building located at 2001 E. Dyer Rd. in Santa Ana.

FRAMINGHAM, MA-Five tenants lease 21,964 sf of space in the Meadows at 161 Worcester Rd. on Route 9 in the the city's retail center. A broker involved says that the deals demonstrate that the MetroWest market is turning.

GLENN DALE, MD-The 316,000-sf Glenn Dale Business Center opens its doors to a new tenant with disaster services concern Popowski Brothers Inc.'s leasing of 9,200 sf of space.

ST. PAUL-The firm, which had been located Downtown for 70 years, was looking for more space. The deal will help push up occupancy rates in the office tower of the World Trade Center complex to 80%.

CHICAGO-The gum company needed a little more space, which was not available at its namesake Wrigley Building at 401 N. Michigan Ave. It found 22,540 sf at 455 Cityfront Plaza.

HOUSTON-The leases, totaling 7,490 sf, all are medium-term pacts that range from 3,266 sf to 822 sf. Fulcrum Power LP occupies the largest block of space while "Les Avenues" magazine is moving into the smallest.