AUSTIN-Tenants from as far away as London reserve space in Regus Business Centers in Austin's CBD and northwest submarket. Allied Waste takes 4,000 sf for a regional office relocation from Denver.

PHOENIX-Bob Pearlstein, Max Bippus and Paul Honeycutt will partner as CBRE's lead retail team in Phoenix. They replace Dave Newquist and Ron Ault, who left recently to form a development company.

PARAMUS, NJ-Top manager/dealmaker bolts Insignia/ESG, which he led to the top market share in the Garden State in just five years, to take over rival CB Richard Ellis' regional operations. <b><a href="http://www.globest.com/RMIL4QFV43D.html"> See related story.</a></b>

MIAMI-Henry Rodstein, co-founder/president of the 19-year-old locally based brokerage, says that because the hotel/motel industry is a business and "not really real estate," existing low occupancy and cash flow factors keep the funding spigot closed at most local financial institutions.