NEWTON, MA-Avalon Bay finally has all the permits it needs to develop a 294-unit multifamily housing development here. Despite recent reductions in rental rates and increasing vacancy rates, a company vice president tells GlobeSt.com that the multi housing market here remains stable.

SAN PABLO, CA-New developments are still budding throughout Northern California but their popping up in South San Francisco, Novado and Stockton thanks to less expensive land and a rapidly growing population.

SEATTLE, WA-Experts may be glimpsing early signs of a national economic recovery. However, local authorities at the annual gathering of the Commercial Brokers Association say Seattle and Puget Sound has played only the first few innings of its recession.

DETROIT-Hometowne Building Co. of Farmington Hills and Hughes Properties of Bingham Farms have three projects lined up, totaling more than $63 million of new multifamily units in Downriver area.