HOUSTON-Office towers in Salt Lake City, Austin and San Francisco are accorded EPA Energy Stars. The class A lineup now take the Houston-based REIT's total to an aggregate 28 million sf with the rating.

DENVER-A softening economy may force Hines Interest to scale back plans for a 42-story, 640,000-sf office tower Downtown. Another 35,000 sf of pre-leasing might allow the original plan to move forward.

DALLAS-GlobeSt.com learns of a DOD memo floated in the DFW region in the past 30 days. An inside source says it warned against art hucksters seeking information at key financial institutions. Southwestern US buildings, as elsewhere, remain on high alert.

ATLANTA-Rick Ross, M&M's Atlanta regional manager, and a panel of prominent local real estate professionals will review the area's sagging office market Sept. 6 at the Atlanta Property Opportunities Conference at the Swissotel here.