NEW YORK CITY-Reps for law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel scouted roughly 10 buildings before opting to re-up for 250,000 sf at 80 Pine St. Those options simply underscore the massive mess the Manhattan market is in.

AUSTIN-Schlotzsky's will build a 5,600-sf store on a 62,000-sf pad site while Image Sculptors signs for 2,696 sf. Delivering in three phases, Tech Ridge Center eventually will add 600,000 sf of retail, 500,000 sf of office and hotel properties to the region.

ATLANTA-The Jacksonville, FL-based firm paid the New York Central Pension Fund an estimated $35 million or about $127 per sf for the 13-year-old, 275,000-sf structure at 5660 New Northside Dr.

ROCKVILLE, MD-Commercial Mortgage company Criimi Mae Inc. announces it is in receipt of two big financial offers from Orix Capital Markets. One Orix proposals calls for it to buy as much as 100% of Criimi Mae's CMBS for $520 million in cash.