WASHINGTON, DC-Real estate services provider Oncor International summarizes the highs and lows of the office real estate industry in its 2001Year-End North American Office Market Report. While the slow economy and newfound security fears will lead to an increase in back-office construction, industry insiders are countering any further negative effects by refusing to panic.

PASADENA, TX-Kimco Income REIT has the inside track on a 250,000-sf retail transaction in Pasadena. The owner of the 170,000-sf first phase now seals a deal for the second portion of Fairway Market Place. Phases three and four are under construction.

AUSTIN-Austin City Council today hears the pros and cons for the 150-unit Villas on Guadalupe, a student apartment complex on the fringe of the University of Texas campus. Planners say it's a good fit, but opponents fault parking provisions and building height.

ORLANDO-New York-based Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. picked Crow over Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc., CB Richard Ellis Inc. and Grubb & Ellis Co. The value of the leasing/management contract wasn't disclosed.