MINNEAPOLIS-R.T. Rybak puts affordable housing at top of his list, but shuns public development subsidies, such as public money to build a Target store Downtown as well as a new ballpark for the Twins.

DETROIT-Michigan Governor John Engler joins former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer in attempting to sell Northville property to balance the state budget. Detroit has 900 acres that it may try to sell for $31.5 million.

BOSTON-Two Financial Center received approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority a year ago but a legal action by abutters of the proposed 12-story building has prevented the developers from obtaining permits. The developers are confident that the legal resolution is coming shortly.

AUSTIN-A CBD commercial interior business holds onto its ground-floor Downtown location in the 111 Congress building, owned by EOP Franklin Plaza LP. The six-year-old Shelton Keller Group occupies 3,600 sf.