PHOENIX-A survey of 14 submarkets doesn't bode well for the metro area, says M/PF Research. If the region is lucky, rent could stay flat amid slipping occupancy and rising supply. The market slipped despite the annual influx of snowbirds.

DETROIT-It will be a slow return, says one office broker, but research shows submarkets are just waiting to start up again. One possible reason: property owners have become more aggressive.

TEMPE, AZ-International Capital Partners gets 83,385 sf of industrial space, four tenants and five fully occupied buildings at 30% below replacement costs in its latest acquisition, the Interstate Commerce Center in Tempe.

ORLANDO-Thomas R. Kohler, executive director of the Downtown Development Board during the city's boom commercial real estate era, joins Bill Owens' Real Estate Research Consultants Inc. as senior vice president on Feb. 8.