HOUSTON-Dr. Barton Smith is "bullish" on the economic indicators that point toward Houston's recovery by 2004. That doesn't mean 2003 won't be bringing some marginal growth. Real estate investors, who left in the 1980s, are back to spend their cash.

LONDON-Office availability in Central London has continued to rise in the third quarter of 2002, putting rents under further pressure according to a new survey from DTZ.

PORTLAND-The $35.7-million loan from the Union Labor Life Insurance Co. will be used to develop The Henry, a 15 story, 123-unit condominium tower with about 14,000 sf of ground floor retail. Site work has already begun.

WHITE PLAINS, NY-The ownership of the Gateway office building here plans a major capital-improvement program for the 19-story, 530,000-sf building. The program's launch coincides with marketing efforts to lease up the first significant vacancy at the property in some time.