CHICAGO-Cohen Financial's capital markets unit arranges the financing for a 24,640-sf parking garage at 437 N. Orleans St. here as well as a 480,678-sf distribution facility in west suburban Aurora.

SEATTLE, WA-With lenders looking for significant preleasing before cutting construction checks and tenants looking at bargain rates in existing industrial buildings throughout Puget Sound, developers are planning but not breaking ground on new projects.

PHOENIX-The new deals take the 76,528-sf office building to the halfway mark. Woodside Homes, Change of Heart and the Elk Corp. take a combined 14,137 sf. One tenant is unpacking while the other two plan move-ins before June 1.

AUSTIN-There are few, if any, surprises in a first quarter office report put out by Colliers International's Austin office. It's still tenant heaven. Overall vacancy is up to 21.8% and rent is down across the board.