SAN ANTONIO-Vacancy rose 5.9% while the average rent citywide dropped for the first time in a decade. The dark cloud hanging overhead this year is SBC's threat to exit 90,000 sf in the CBD, action that would boost the 7.4% vacancy in class A to 12%.

WHITE PLAINS-Despite a troubled economy that has wreaked havoc on most commercial markets in the United States, Insignia/ESG says Westchester County displayed "extraordinary staying power" in 2002 that led to a decline in the county's office availability rate.

SYLMAR, CA-Bedrosians Tile, a 53-year-old retailing chain based in Fresno, CA, pays $7.5 million to Prudential for the showroom and warehouse. Finish-out is under way, with the firm eyeing an April move-in.

PHOENIX-Mack Arizona is readying the crew to begin a two-phase industrial project on a tract at the junction of 15th Drive and Rose Garden. Ground will break within two months, with delivery in late summer or early fall.