CHICAGO-Rental rates start to trend down as the market slows; tenants could see some rates decline by as much as 10%.

AUSTIN-WSNet Inc. secures $30 million in new capital to expand its network of digital programming to multifamily complexes in the US. The Austin-based firm gets the windfall from an existing investor.

SAN DIEGO-The county planning office is mulling plans to build a Kaiser Permanente medical office building in Rancho San Diego. Construction could begin next month, as the project does not need approval by the Planning Commission or the Board of Supervisors.

DENVER-The fanfare of a topping out ceremony has quieted for the 690,000-sf municipal building. The project is on schedule for its delivery, which falls in about a year. The $130-million structure is the largest project in the works right now in Denver.