LONDON-Total take-up of distribution warehouse space in 2002 was down by 13-pc year-on-year to 11 million sf, says research by property consultant CB Hillier Parker. It is the first year-on-year fall since 1998.

WEST GREENWICH, RI-The provider of online lottery services to governments says it is selling its 260,000-sf headquarters building in West Greenwich and building a new one in Downtown Providence as well as a new manufacturing plant in West Warwick.

BETHLEHEM, PA-The vintage 1960s, 104,000-sf Sovereign Bank office building, initially constructed as a medical facility, is getting vital

DENVER-Net retail absorption is up in the first quarter of 2003, compared to the last quarter of 2002; and vacancy rates are down slightly in most submarkets.