LONDON-Take-up in the central London office markets improved slightly in the second quarter of 2002 from 2.0 to 2.7 million sf, but the total for the first half of the year is still massively down on the same period last year, according to research from Insignia Richard Ellis.

STOCKTON, CA-A mortgage refinancing of $10.7 million will give Torcello Development Inc. just the boost it needs to complete its renovation of the Oakwood Apartments, a 318-unit luxury apartment complex in Stockton.

MIAMI-New construction has shut down with only 134,403 sf in the pipeline as vacancies increase by 4.4%, according to a second-quarter study by Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc.

PHILADELPHIA-With its parent company's acquisition of Hershey's non-chocolate candies, Farley's & Sathers Candy Co. puts its 262,000-sf Sathers Candy distribution center on four acres in the Vogelbacher Industrial Park in Luzerne County, PA up for sale for $6.5 million.