DETROIT-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick addresses the need for new permanent casinos in the Downtown area in his first State of the City speech, but points out the cost and process of acquiring land has been much greater in dollars and time than previously expected.

ARLINGTON, VA-Cost Plus World Market opens its fifth location in the Washington DC area at the outdoor mall Pentagon Row. Located at 1301 South Joyce St., the new World Market outlet offers 16,300-sf of specialty retail space and is the company's flagship store in the DC region.

ORLANDO-Small buildings in good physical condition are also in demand by institutional buyers, George D. Livingston, founder/chairman, Realvest Partners Inc., tells GlobeSt.com. Pensions funds and insurance companies are scouting the state for new industrial acquisitions.