PONTIAC, MI-One of richest counties in the US records higher gains again, which Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says is encouraging in the face of the national economic downturn.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-A 114,000-sf, Star of David-design building reaches a construction milestone at the Ina Levine campus in Scottsdale. The facility will house offices, classrooms and community center.

ISSAQUAH, WA-Soaring costs and controversies are raising doubts about the feasibility of the proposed new Sunset interchange on Interstate 90. Until the traffic issues can be resolved, further development in the area will be handcuffed.

CHICAGO-Except for a 12.7% vacancy rate in the warehouse/distribution sector, investment sales and leasing activity are up, while the industrial vacancy rate rises slightly to 8.7%, according to a first-quarter report by Cushman & Wakefield.