WESTMINSTER, CA-Komex H20 Science Inc. inks a $2-million lease for office space here. The firm will relocate in January from its current headquarter in Huntington Beach.

SEATTLE-L.J. Melody & Co., a national real estate investment-banking firm, has arranged financing in the amount of $12.38 million for a 123,000-sf industrial facility here. Construction of the property, which is leased by Federal Express, was recently completed in 2001.

DENVER-While 1.1 million sf of new space will hit the market next year, owner-users and investors will increasingly put buildings up for sale, says a Grubb & Ellis report. However, that may mean buying opportunities.

DENVER-Legg Mason's Glenn Mueller says the real estate cycle will benefit from population growth as a result of the Echo Boom. That means demand for housing as well as job growth, he says.