SOUTHFIELD, MI-A 97,000-sf building doubles space of the current facility when it opens, tentatively scheduled for July 2003. The building itself costs $26 million; furnishings and design work add up to more than $10 million.

ATLANTA-Office vacancies rose one point to 15.6% in second quarter. Rental rates average $18 per sf, according to a new report by Nashville, TN-based Grubb & Ellis/Centennial.

MIAMI-Delray Beach has the lowest vacancies at 2.2% while Boynton Beach has hit the 20% level in a county-wide market where new construction has slowed to a crawl, according to a second-quarter report by Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc.

LOS ANGELES-Starpoint Properties acquires the apartments in three Mid-Wilshire buildings for an average of $27,178 per unit and plans renovations in a value-added play.