DALLAS-Southwest Bindery signs the deal with EastGroup Properties as a result of "aggressive" negotiations that end in a 10-year contract. The inbound tenant exits 40,000 sf for the expansion move and state-of-the-art equipment.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-In an $8-million deal, Constellation Productions Inc. acquires a one-acre site in the heart of Kendall Square on which it will build Constellation Center, an 85,000-sf performing arts and film center at an estimated cost of up to $70 million.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Due to the significant decrease in construction activity here, the region sees positive net absorption for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2000.

PHILADELPHIA-An $8-million plan to rehabilitate the six buildings used by General George Washington and the Continental Army in the 1777-78 winter moves into a second phase with an initial $570,000 in private and public financing.