NEW YORK CITY-The owner of prime SoHo real estate has fired one broker and hired another in hopes of securing a build-to-suit deal. The new marketing team is guardedly optimistic about closing a deal despite the current economy. The former broker, however, says the owner's greed has scuttled every offer to develop the property.

BOSTON-A Hines regional manager tells GlobeSt.com how the company has managed to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy costs by implementing green products in two of its buildings here. The buildings received the energy star designation from the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

SAN DIEGO-City leaders are once again planning to extend the negotiating agreement with the Padres to build a Downtown ballpark. The ballclub and the city first struck the MOU in 1998, when voters approved the plan for a baseball-only ballpark and redevelopment in the East Village area of Downtown.

MESA, AZ-Carlton Property Management, a local investment group, spends $29 per sf for a 12,000-sf industrial building along Gilbert Road in Mesa. Colorado investor Gene Goldsworth is the seller of the 90%-occupied structure.