CHICAGO-Industrial properties, including warehouses, as well as assets in the nation's capital are among best bets in a 2003 commercial real estate market fraught with more risk than returns, according to the "Emerging Trends in Real Estate" report by Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

VICKSBURG, MS-The 192-unit complex gets its start with an $11-million financing package. The 22-acre Magnolia Commons of Vicksburg delivers in April 2003. It's being touted as the city's first new multifamily product in two decades.

JERSEY CITY-Rebuffed on potential sites within New York City, the Metropolitan Television Alliance, made up of 11 area broadcasters, is looking closely at sites here and in nearby Bayonne.

ATLANTA-Savings and lower rental rates are cited as reasons why leases were signed in two separate transactions, totaling 188,274 sf at properties in the Fulton submarket, where asking average rentals range between $3.34 per sf and $4.46 per sf.