SEATTLE-The Port of Seattle has appealed a state board's decision to block a permit crucial to development of a $773-million runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

HOUSTON-Weingarten Realty Investors promised to keep its eyes on Memphis. And it does, striking a deal for another industrial purchase. The 407,200-sf Outland Business Center takes the REIT's Memphis industrial holdings to more than 1.1 million sf.

HOUSTON-The newly completed West Belt Shopping Center guarantees more than $2.1 million in permanent financing for its Dallas-based developer-owner. The 10-year loan, with 30-year amortization, carries a 7.32% interest rate.

BURBANK, CA-In Nov. of 2001 construction activity totals reached $3.86 billion, and for the year the estimate is $61.51 billion, down 2.97% from 2000. The forecast for 2002 is $57.45 billion.