HOUSTON-LaBarge Pipe & Steel Co. has purchased a 38-acre site with a 102,400-sf building in northeast Houston for a pipe yard and epoxy coating facility that will create between 25 and 30 jobs for Houston.

DENVER-Landlords are "throwing in the towel," along the city's northeast industrial corridor according to a recent report by Trammell Crow. Rental rates have dropped as much as 15 to 20% in the last quarter and the vacancy rate has jumped 16.6% from the first quarter.

PLANTATION, FL-The space will become part of the 150,000-sf home improvement and furnishings retail center under way here. The center will house local merchants in those industries and is planning a grand opening this fall.

ALLENTOWN, PA-The grant, awarded by Gov. Ed Rendell, bolsters Sacred Heart