ATLANTA-Locally based Barry Cos. bucks the tide in the depressed North Fulton market with a seven-year office lease for 67,207 sf at Deerfield Point 200 for a reported value of $9.5 million.

MIAMI-Chicago-based Willis Stein & Partners sold the asset to Barry Diller's company in a 50-50 cash-stock deal. USA projects Interval will generate 2003 revenue of $220 million and $60 million of EBITDA.

LONDON-With the 2002 World Cup only hours away in Japan and South Korea, Germany, the host in 2006, is looking to learn important lessons. But a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle warns that economic regeneration is not the main reason for bidding for the event.

WHITE PLAINS-Reckson Associates Realty Corp. reports that it has secured 10 new leases totaling nearly 50,000 sf of space at its office properties in White Plains and Tarrytown.