LONDON-Despite the well-documented problems facing the London office market, the UK's regional centres are faring well, with take-up rising by 21% year-on-year according to new research from Atis Real Weatheralls.

HOUSTON-World Projects International renews a 6,134-sf lease for its headquarters at Greenbriar Place. Strategic Materials, a leading glass recycler, takes 5,969 sf in the city's southwest submarket.

MIAMI-Occupancy is at 65.8%, down 9.6% from last year while average daily room rates are down 6.8% to $113.72 because of a slow economy, fewer foreign tourist and fear of terrorism, Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, TN says in a new report.

ORLANDO-Despite a fourth-quarter net loss of $21.9 million or a loss of 16 cents per share, the 71-year-old, Jacksonville, FL grocer ended fiscal 2002 on June 26 with net earnings of $86.9 million or 62 cents per diluted share versus $45.3 million or 32 cents per diluted share in 2001.