BOSTON-Boston Properties reports an increase in third-quarter total revenue to $308 million as compared with $276 million for the same period last year. The uptick is attributed to a number of new developments by the locally based REIT.

PORTLAND-Publicly traded Mohawk Industries inks a five-year, $800,000 lease agreement at Swan Island Industry Center that will triple the size of the company's local operations, currently housed at the nearby Basin Street Business Park.

LOS ANGELES, CA-The L.A. County office market posts negative net absorption in the third quarter, but absorption improved dramatically from a year ago and could hit positive territory by early 2003, an Insignia/ESG report says.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Occupancy is down from the peak year of 2000 in the county's hotels, but it's up from last year, in part because of destination resorts that draw getaway visitors.