LONDON-Consumer retail research group FootFall has released figures showing visitor numbers to retail outlets and shopping centres dropped by 2.8% in the week commencing 29 October compared to the week before, but the overall trend is now upwards.

HOUSTON-The city's multifamily market is a surefire magnet for buyers and sellers, exchanging an average of 30 complexes per month. The average sales price is now $37,620 per unit, about $13,000 higher than 2000.

ARLINGTON, MA-The Archdiocese proposes developing a 68-unit residential complex here but the plan is being met with increasing local opposition. The affordable-housing component of the plan would enable the church to bypass local zoning laws.

SUGAR LAND, TX-Bluebonnet Nutrition boosts its space needs in Sugar Land, grabbing a 32,000-sf distribution site in a suburban business park. The Ft. Bend County-based firm sells nutritional supplies.