COLUMBUS, OH-The Ohio state Public Utilities Commission and the Secretary of State sign leases totaling 174,000 sf for Trizec Properties' Borden Building in Downtown Columbus. The PUC, which leases the bulk of the space, has been in the building for 12 years.

WASHINGTON, DC-Occupancy in the class A office structure at 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. reaches 97% as law firm Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux signs on for more than 12,000 sf in the 12-story, 187,000-sf tower. Bruder Gentile is relocating its offices from 1100 New York Ave.

LONDON-Selfridges has succumbed to a pounds 600 million ($960 million) offer from Galen Weston just as Debenhams announced a pounds 1.54 billion ($2.5 billion) offer from venture capital group Permira. But further bids for both cannot be ruled out.

NEWBURY PARK, CA-Come June 1, WV Communications, a satellite maker for military and commercial applications, will move into an 11,193-sf building, featuring laboratory and office space in a relocation from Westlake Village.