SAN FRANCISCO-Instead of paying $350 million in 2015 Hines and equity partner MetLife will pay a total of $235 million, most of it in 2010.

SAN FRANCISCO-Those with sensitive stomachs are pulling in their claws on all opportunities. The question is what the financial-services firms will do about it.

CHICAGO-Older offices will suffer as new buildings like this come online in the next few years, assuredly to steal large blocks of tenants, says broker.

SAN FRANCISCO-Grosvenor, TMG Partners and Hines have all jumped on the green bandwagon in the Bay Area.