DALLAS-Area brokers are pushing the market, closing seven leases for nearly 36,000 sf around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. And that's just a part of the new deals that have rolled in as late to keep optimism high and the market moving.

CHANDLER, AZ-The 46-unit Aspen Springs Apartments in Chandler is the next property in line for a condo conversion. Two specialists in the field have just bought the complex from a Denver-based investment group.

NEWARK-Panelists agree that the Garden State is still a good place to be if you're in real estate, but point to some very deep concerns before the market--and the economy--right themselves.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The city commission has approved the final site plan for the five-building, 25-story, 4.2-acre oceanfront redevelopment venture which will comprise 346 hotel rooms, 171 timeshare units, 33,015 sf of retail and 25,000 sf of banquet/meeting space.