CHICAGO-Panelists tell GVA Worldwide's conference here say private offices are out, cubicles in, with law firms being one notable exception. Accommodations also must be made for technology, they add.

CHICAGO-A Julien J. Studley team advises the 400,000-member lawyers' group on a 15-year deal for space at Hines Interests LP's 2001 River North acquisition that could be worth as much as $81 million.

BELLEVUE, WA-Another local architecture firm, Ferrari Design Group, has merged into MulvannyG2 Architecture, now the third-largest architecture firm in the Pacific Northwest. The five-man Ferrari Design firm is run by Mulvanny G2 CEO Jerry Lee's college roommate, Lynn Takeuchi.

NEW YORK CITY-The ever-changing face of Manhattan will add 16 million sf of new office space, almost all of it in Midtown from ongoing or planned projects. But most of this new space is already leased, offering little in the way of new supply to a tight market.