HOUSTON-GlobeSt.com has been told Century Development has "upped the ante" and is well positioned to win the 1.2-million-sf Enron Center South. What started out as a five-firm face-off is down to two in a bidding war predicted to last through week's end.

HOUSTON-Crews have descended on a tract, bought in February, in Rio de Janeiro's CBD. To get the Torre Almirante project moving, Hines finished one building and is making plans to convert two others into a 15-story parking garage.

DENVER-Sources tell GlobeSt.com a 235,000-sf building at the US Post Office Annex site in LoDo, constructed by Hines Interests, could become the home for the Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post and the Denver Newspaper Agency.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Nearly 50,000 sf of space is claimed in new lease deals, but they involve companies staying put or moving from one northwest suburb to another, keeping submarket vacancy well above 20%.