HOUSTON-The shipper stays put in the wake of merger talks, signing short-term pacts for industrial buildings in the northwest and far southeast submarkets. The shipper shopped, but then the talks began with DHL.

WALTHAM, MA-Eastport Real Estate Services Inc. purchases 60 Turner St., a 15,867 sf three-story, class-B building, for $1.3 million from Archon Atlantic. The property is Eastport's fourth acquisition in the Waltham market.

SAN DIEGO-The proposed East Village Square master plan is going back to the drawing board, as Mayor Dick Murphy and the San Diego City Council want a larger community park in the mixed-use development.

BROWNSVILLE, TX-CBL & Associates assume $40 million in debt to acquire the 740,000-sf Sunrise Mall and 225,000-sf Sunrise Commons shopping center from a joint venture of Dillard's and Dallas' MGHerring Group.