NAPERVILLE, IL-The western end of the East-West Corridor, which went from boom to bust along with the fortunes of the dotcom and tech industries, leads the suburban submarkets with a 21.3% vacancy rate.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Tenants have choices throughout the suburbs, but no more so than here, where the largest suburban submarket's vacancy rate soars past 20% to begin 2002. It could reach 25% here and throughout the suburbs, experts say.

MEDFORD, MA-Abbot RE Development LLC Acquires One Brainard Ave. here in the Route 495/South area. The company purchased the 56,000-sf manufacturing facility from JJJ Realty Trust for $5.4 million and plans to redevelop the site into a multifamily housing complex.

HERNDON, VA- Cushman & Wakefield oversees the $61-million dollar sale of two buildings on behalf of the buyers, both of which are under the management of TA Associates Realty, Inc. The two buildings sit along the Dulles Toll Road, and account for a combined total of more than 330,000 sf of prime office space.