LOS ANGELES, CA-Kilroy Realty Corp. and Thomas Properties are battling over a proposed Thomas development in El Segundo. Kilroy lost the first round in an environmental lawsuit against the project but has filed an appeal.

CHICAGO-Mortgage Bankers Association of America members hold sway over "tens of billions of dollars of insurance premiums," says Robert Vestewig, chief operating officer of Houston-based GEMSA Loan Services, which might influence the industry to adopt standardized certificates of insurance.

PHOENIX-Vacancy rose a percentage point to 21.8% and rent accordingly fell a point to $23 per sf in the suburbs and $22 per sf in town. The metro market's economics are delivering cut-rate deals that are enticing more tenants to trade up.

DETROIT-An injunction won by the Watersmeet, MI-based LacVieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Indians won't delay the opening of Greektown Casino's $250-million permanent location, a company spokesman says.