SAN DIEGO-Lakeshore Equipment Co. will continue to occupy 7,238-sf in the Hazard Center office and retail complex, according to the terms of its 10-year lease renewal. The toy store has been a tenant in the property since 1990.

LOS ANGELES-The office vacancy rates in local markets "appear to have stabilized," according to Cushman & Wakefield's newest report. Overall vacancy is 17.9% versus 18.1% from three months ago. Equally good news is rent rose by 84 cents per sf.

PORTLAND-The council expects to approve the development agreement at the end of the month. The agreement covers development of the central district, which comprises 31 acres of the 130-acre South Waterfront area and at build out will hold some 2,700 units of housing as well as a satellite campus for Oregon Health Sciences University.

DEVENS, MA-Robert Walker's plan to build a 248,000-sf mixed-use development suffers a setback after its approval is challenged by a selectman in Ayer. The project involves a hotel, a conference center, an office building and retail space.