ATLANTA-Locally based Wood Partners and an unnamed institutional investor have formed a joint venture partnership to develop 265 loft-style residential units in this submarket. Alta West will offer 80% of the units at market-rate rent and the remaining 20% will be set aside as affordable housing.

PHOENIX-A limited liability company gets a five-acre holding with enough room to add 40,000 sf to 50,000 sf. For now, the plan is to put in a beauty school as the neighbor to a 16,000-sf state tenant. When the state's lease expires, the plan changes.

DENVER-The lone councilman to vote against the land use and transportation plan is concerned about how it would affect development of South Federal Boulevard in his district.

STAFFORD, TX-Tokyo-based Kobe Steel stays put at the Freeport Southwest Business Park, a 12-building industrial project on 235 acres. The tenant has occupied the structure since it was built five years ago.