BROOKLYN, NY-It's all a strategy to preserve the city's commercial tenant base, says Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff. But it will cost some $100 million in infrastructure improvements alone.

RICHARDSON, TX-Wells Fargo takes the first step to take back the Omni Richardson Hotel from a Houston company. A new management team is in place and a receiver is scrutinizing fiscal records while talks begin to save the Omni flag.

CHICAGO-Chicago Mercantile Exchange gets its own address at the two-million-sf, two-tower building that backs up to the Chicago River. Equity Office Properties Trust will update the building lobbies and retail space.

LONDON-The slowdown in activity in the office and industrial sectos is now making its presence felt in the retail sector, according to the latest survey from the RICS.