ALBUQUERQUE-The city's multifamily market is sure to pick up steam as Sandia National Laboratories forges ahead on high-tech spin-offs. The end result, say the experts, is that Albuquerque's growth could rival the heyday of the Silicon Valley.

LUBBOCK, TX-The largest office building in town goes to TCTB Partners, led by Jon Morgan, part owner of Lubbock's minor league hockey team. The Austin-based seller put the hot property on the market in January at an asking price of $5.8 million.

ACTON, MA-Liberty Trust wants a special permit from the town to build a 90-unit subdivision on the 232 acres it owns on Carlisle St. near Route 27. The permit will enable the developer to go to smaller lot sizes than the zoning allows. <P>

WASHINGTON, DC-The Mortgage Bankers Association of America comes out to push the Senate on terrorism insurance as the congressional members, after much delay, discuss the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. The Senate trails the US House of Representatives, which passed similar legislation last year.