PHILADELPHIA-The Downtown Columbus, OH office vacancy rate rose to 23.6% during the third quarter, according to research by the Columbus office of Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis. The exit of a bankrupt company from 90,000 sf and Andersen's departure hurt.

LONDON-Central London developers are putting speculative schemes on ice as a reaction to the depressed leasing market, according to new research from DTZ. More than 1.5 million sf of central London projects have been postponed over the past six months.

PORTLAND-The proposal by the The Macke Co. of California would have paid Portland Public Schools $50 million for control of its headquarters building for 20 years if the school district signed a 20-year, $90-million leaseback agreement.

ORLANDO-The 38-year-old, Fort Lauderdale, FL-based university with 900 fulltime Orlando area students is building a 60,000-sf structure in south Orlando between the 1.3-million-sf Mall at Millenia and Universal Orlando.