CHICAGO-Occupancy at Sears Tower is 89.2%, while the rest of Trizec Properties Inc.'s Downtown portfolio boasts a 94.4% occupancy rate. Both are better than the market, thanks to the REIT getting a jump on 2003 lease renewals.

ATLANTA-Candy McIntyre, a former executive at PM Realty Group, Prudential Real Estate Investors and TMW Real Estate Management, becomes vice president of leasing services in the four-broker office of Houston-based Transwestern Commercial Services.

WASHINGTON, DC-The demand for intown housing ranging from luxury townhouses to your basic apartment is holding steady, according to real estate industry insiders attending a recent Urban Land Institute forum.

FORT WORTH-The communications giant and Advanced Excelsior strike a five-year deal that preserves expansion space in a 79,000-sf building leased for the next 12 years to Qwest. The foam products maker will relocate in the coming weeks.