AUSTIN-Combined Agents of America and accounting firm, McPhee, each slide into 1,465 sf in the northwest submarket, signing for the long-term for the move-in condition offices in the 251,121-sf building.

PORTLAND-The $60-million apartment project, scheduled to get underway in the next several weeks, will complete Gerding/Edlen Development Co.'s massive redevelopment of the former Blitz-Weinhard Brewery property on the Northwest edge of Downtown Portland.

HOUSTON-Weingarten Realty Investors says the medium-term notes of 10 1/2- to 12-year maturities have an average interest rate of 5.4%. Sale proceeds were applied to the REIT's revolving credit facility, now 16% of its debt.

BERKELEY, CA-Berkeley city officials view the new Berkeley Montessori School, which is being built on University Avenue, as a major step towards the revitalization of one of the city's shadiest areas.