SEATTLE-Currently located in about 55,000 sf of office space in Vance Corp.'s Tower Building on a lease that runs out next summer, the upscale casual clothier is in the market for about 80,000 sf, which would be one of the largest lease transactions of 2003.

LONDON-Aberdeen Property Investors has paid James Smith Estates pounds 6.65 million ($11 million) for a 3.75-acre site at Hayes, north of London's Heathrow airport.

LONDON-Regional Development Agency Advantage West Midlands and Coventry council have launched a public consultation on proposals to regenerate a major site north of Coventry city centre.

BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC-GE Real Estate and Heitman Central Europe Property Partners II acquire an 80% stake in four shopping centers in the Czech Republic from TK Development of Denmark.