CHICAGO-The popular Krispy Kreme Doughnuts chain is expected to begin building its second store in the city, and first on the North Side, after a $390,000 land sale gets a favorable recommendation from the city council's committee on housing and real estate.

BOSTON-Kensington Investment Co. files its development plan with the city for a 336-unit residential complex in the heart of the city near Washington and LeGrange streets. The 30-story project exceeds the city's 155-foot maximum height requirement.

TEMPE, AZ-Paramount Windows will more than double its size when it relocates in August. Key to the decision to move was finding expansion room in the same neighborhood with a three-year payout of $1.4 million.

LONDON-Savills' trading update for the half-year, prior to the interim results for the first half of 2003, warns of rocky times ahead for its agency department and says its partnership with Trammell Crow is 'under review'