PHILADELPHIA-Among the major Northeast CBD office markets from Boston to Philadelphia, only midtown-Manhattan's vacancy rate--8.6%--starts 2003 lower than Philadelphia's 12.2%, according to Grubb & Ellis data. Asking rental rates in trophy properties here rose last year.

MIAMI-The software provider's 10-year, 27,969-sf deal is at Westside Plaza II. Concerto took over a two-year lease from a company it purchased, and extended the deal for an additional eight years.

LAS VEGAS-The entertainment/technology retailer outlines its fiscal 2004 plans at the Consumer Electronics show here. While most of the new stores will be opened in existing markets, forays into several Canadian cities are scheduled as well.

POTOMAC, MD-The Brittany Portfolio--the four-complex, 1,000-unit collection of apartment residences in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area--hits the market and fetches $106 million, or $99,000 per-unit.