WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-Pinkerton and Burns, now part of Sweden's Securitas, take the extension option on a lease that included an option to either continue or cancel after five years at CarrAmerica's Westlake Spectrum.

CHICAGO-CEO John Bucksbaum reveals that the retail REIT expects to close this week on a "dominant mall in its marketplace" in a deal worth $75 million to $100 million.

PARSIPPANY, NJ-The transactions, arranged by the local office of the Teaneck, NJ-based brokerage firm, range from a 32,000-sf office building sale to a 38,000-sf industrial lease.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA-The firm of Newmeyer & Dillion expands to 34,682 sf by subleasing 8,853 sf of office space from another tenant. The assignment was far from easy because the 105,000-sf building was filled and the firm didn't want to move.