LOS ANGELES-A Novato, CA-based research organization and database publisher has found the average rent for an apartment in the area to be $1,220, a fall of $2 from the average September.

TILTON, NH-The Shaw's Plaza here near Route 3 and Route 132 sells for $12.5 million, providing further proof that supermarket-anchored centers are proving attractive to investors in this recession. Both the buyer and the seller of the property declined to be identified.

BOCA RATON, FL-Eagle Building Technologies has named Ron G. Lakey, chief financial officer; Dan Curlee, chief operating officer; and appointed Don Pollock, former CFO, to executive vice president of manufacturing.

BOSTON-A new report released by Torto Wheaton Research, a locally based real estate research firm, indicates that this area's vacancy rate is slightly below the national average.