PHOENIX-Suburban retail developers are off and running with projects in Peoria, Phoenix and Surprise. The most expensive in the pack is the 40,700-sf Peoria Station, rising at a cost of $2.7 million.

STAMFORD, CT-GE Commercial Finance and Health Care Property Investors Inc. formed a joint venture that they say has its sights set on spending $600 million to acquire medical office buildings throughout the United States.

DENVER-In yesterday's runoff election, restaurateur and developer John Hickenlooper trounced his opponent in a contest to become the mayor of the nation's 25th largest city.

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA-An overall office vacancy rate of 21.9% here is prompting property owners to offer aggressive rent structures. According to the Philadelphia regional office of Trammell Crow Co., this suburb has experienced rent decreases of up to 30% since mid-2002.