SAN JOSE-Measure F, which would have raised the city's hotel tax from 10% to 14% in order to fund a $370 million expansion of the convention center, fell just short of the two-thirds vote it needed to pass.

NEW YORK CITY-CBRE Investors beefs up its Corporate Partners Group, renaming it Global Net Lease Partners and bringing on sale-leaseback veteran Steve Olsen to helm the initiative. The unit will focus on properties in the US, UK and Europe.

LAKE FOREST, CA-The buyer for the two multi-tenant buildings in Dimension Business Center is Lollipop Land Co., which pays $5.4 million for the 45,257 sf of industrial property.

LONDON-The government has resisted pressure for a national policy on tall buildings and further restrictions on their development.