ST. PAUL, MN-Steven Nohava will oversee properties that underlie Glaser Financial Group's $2.4-billion loan servicing portfolio. He leaves a St. Cloud, MN property management firm that he co-founded.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-New research predicts a further slip in office rental rates as the year progresses. According to a recent report by Delta Associates, office rents are not expected to stabilize until the latter half of the year.

DALLAS-The airline food supplier adds 7,401 sf at MacArthur Center II in Las Colinas while a law firm selects a CarrAmerica building for its few office. The deals reflect the times, with brokers staying busy in a market with few big-ticket closings.

LOS ANGELES-Juergen Bartels, CEO of the London-based Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts, told a small crowd gathered in the Garden Room of his Le Meridien at Beverly Hills that the independent luxury hotel group has its sights set on becoming the number-one brand in the international hotel trade by 2004.