DAVIS, CA-If the National Institutes of Health approves a UC Davis request for federal funding, a $190 million research laboratory will be built here for the study biodefense and emerging diseases.

CHICAGO-Benefits consulting firm The Segal Co., which recently acquired Sibson & Co., consolidates space as well as the term of its leases with a deal that helps cut vacancy at Equity Office Properties Trust's West Loop asset to 2.3%.

DALLAS-The Colorado Springs, CO investor turns around proceeds from a land sale in the northeast by buying the 197-unit Ivanhoe Apartments in Dallas and 102-unit Sandy Oaks in Fort Worth. Bay Equity is the seller.

WASHINGTON, DC-Constriction of the International Monetary Fund's 650,000-sf "second headquarters" gets underway with CarrAmerica Realty Corp. at the helm. The multi-million dollar office and retail development, which will sit adjacent to the IMF's current headquarters, is scheduled for completion in 2005.