CHICAGO-LaSalle Bank chief economist Carl Tannenbaum predicts interest rates could rise by as much as 150 basis points by year's end, while the current recovery could be thwarted by fallout from the Enron-Andersen debacle.

NILES, IL-Arrow Financial Services finds three times as much space in CenterPoint Properties Trust's building at 5990 W. Touhy Ave., in second-floor space vacated by W.W. Grainger. The company's move from nearby Lincolnwood is set for June.

PETALUMA, CA-Romeo's Pizza & Pasta has taken the last space left at the Petaluma Parkway Plaza, which is owned by Basin Street Properties, a developer of commercial and mixed-use properties in Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties.

AUSTIN-The first recruiting trip in nearly a decade has some six California companies considering Austin as an expansion location. The decisions won't be made overnight, but the Greater Austin's VP believes the announcements will come.