CHANNELVIEW, TX-Deep Down, a supplier for the marine industry, takes advantage of low interest rates to fulfill a long-held plan to own its location. The firm takes the deed to the site it leased a year ago.

RICHMOND, VA-The Richmond Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals debuts its new local headquarters with the opening of the $14-million Robins-Starr Humane Center. The 64,000-sf complex on Hermitage Road is the organization's first state-of-the-art-facility and will serve as a model for SPCA buildings to come.

DENVER-Permits for multifamily rental units fall 57% during the first seven months of the year compared to the same time in 2001. That signals supply and demand will be held in check, experts say.

PHILADELPHIA-Joel Naroff of locally based Naroff Economic Advisors and chief